Unit 3 - West Africa and Transatlantic Trade

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Sahel

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A stretch of semi-arid land that transitions between the desert in the north and grasslands to its south

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Animism

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The belief that all natural things possess a spirit or soul

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Griots

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Storytellers, poets, musicians, and historians that preserved oral traditions

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Metallurgy

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The science and technology of metals and alloys

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Transatlantic Slave Trade

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The oceanic trade of African men, women, and children from the mid-sixteenth century to the 1860s

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Middle Passage

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The triangular trade route (sea journey) in which millions of Africans were forcibly shipped to the New World on slave ships

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Chattel Slavery

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A system where the enslaved were owned for life, absolute legal ownership

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Indentured Servitude

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A system where individuals worked for payment (usually 4-7 years) to pay off debt for their passage to the New World

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Forced labor

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Work or a service whereby people are forced against their will with the threat of punishment for life

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Plantations

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A large farm that concentrates on one or two crops