Triangular Trade Week 17

About six million slaves were forced from Africa to America.

• True
• False

The slave trade, or triangular trade, ran from the 1500's to the 1800's.

• True
• False

African slaves were brought to the Jamestown colony in 1619.

• True
• False

Some estimate that between 15%-25% of Africans died during the Middle Passage.

• True
• False

Slave traders captured Africans from different parts of Africa and purchased some slaves from African rulers.

• True
• False

The invention of the cotton gin in 1793 made harvesting cotton easier, so slaves weren't needed. 

• True
• False

Benjamin Banneker, son of Maryland slave, was a self-taught astronomer, surveyor, mathematician and _______.

• politician

• inventor

• printer

• butcher

What caused many slaves to run away from the Colonies in 1693?

• The King of Spain proclaimed that slaves who went to Florida would be freed.

• The King of Spain purchased passage back to Africa for any slave who came to Florida.

• The King of Spain promised that slaves could live at Castillo de San Marcos for free.

• The King of Spain guaranteed work for whoever converted and became a Puritan.

Ships used to transport slaves were also used to transport cotton, rum, and beads.

• True
• False

Each ship traveled all three sides of the triangle formed between the American colonies, Africa, and Great Britain.

• True
• False