Triangular Trade and Slavery

Transatlantic Slave Trade

Who was most responsible?

Turn to "Document C" Page

1. Read the "Note" above the image

2. Look at the image for details related to the "Note" reading

Multiple Choice

Nigeria supplied __% of the slaves that entered the Middle Passage slave trade.

• 45%

• 55%

• 25%

• 35%

"Document C" Page Continued

1. Read the main text (next to the image)

2. Circle any words you don't understand, underline the main idea of the text

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Nigerian ​

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captured, traded, and sold captives from around ​

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to Europeans in exchange for mechanical ​

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in order to gain social status among ​

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merchants.

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middlemen

Africa

weapons

Nigerian

Turn to "Document F" Page

1. Read the "Note" above the image

2. Look at the image for details related to the "Note" reading

Multiple Select

Charelston, South Carolina was known for...

• Slave ship arrivals

• Hosting bidders for slave auctions

• Freeing Slaves

• Offer indentured servitude

Turn to "Document G" Page

1. Read the "Note" above the map

2. Look at the Map for details related to the "Note" reading

Multiple Select

What conclusions can you make about the map as time moves?

• Slavery grew in the south

• Slavery stopped growing in America

• Southern coastlines had largest slave populations

• Slave populations were largest in the interior of the country

• Slavery spread west as new states were added

Turn to "Document H" Page

1. Read the "Note" above the graphs

2. Look at the Map for details related to the "Note" reading

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According to the "Sugar Prices and Sugar Consumption in England, 1600-1800" graphs, sugar prices ​

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as consumption ​

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.



Therefore, slavery made sugar ​

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to buy and ​

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to produce.

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decreased

increased

cheaper

faster

Poll

After analyzing all Documents who do you think was most responsible for the Transatlantic Slave trade?

Pick your top 3 stakeholders responsible for the slave trade

• British Bankers & Merchants

• African Slave Traders

• US Southern Plantation Owners

• US Northern US Merchants

• Sugar Consumers

Turn to "Bucketing - Getting to Write" Page

1. "Task One: Bucketing" write your top 3 stakeholders into each bucket

2. "Task Two: Thesis Development and Road Map" Write your claim answering the question: Who was most responsible for the slave trade?