Atlantic Slave Trade

What is the best definition for Triangular Trade?

• A voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to North America and the West Indies

  
  

• preparation for slave of slaves. slaves would often have their skin oiled, tar put in their wounds, hemp plugs, etc.

  
  

• locations along west Africa where Africans were held before the middle passage

  
  

• A system in which goods and slaves were traded among the Americas, Britain, and Africa

  
  

Why did many Africans die during the Middle Passage?

• Terrible conditions on the Slave Ships led to diseases spreading quickly

  
  

• Plantation owners wanted FREE Labor. Buying and using slaves was cheaper than paying workers

  
  

• They were often killed at the hands of the ship controllers.

  
  

• They were often thrown overboard.

  
  

What was the Middle Passage?

• The journey from North America to Europe carrying resources such as cotton, tobacco, and sugar.

  
  

• Difficult journey across the Atlantic Ocean on slave ships from West Africa to the New World

  
  

• Terrible conditions on the Slave Ships led to diseases spreading quickly

  
  

• The journey from Europe to Africa carrying manufactured goods.

  
  

The three regions in the Triangular Trade were:

• Europe, Africa, and Asia

  
  

• Europe, Asia, and America's

  
  

• Europe, Africa, and the America's

  
  

• Africa, Asia, and Australia

  
  

What Ocean did the triangular trade flow across?

• Atlantic Ocean

  
  

• Pacific Ocean

• Indian Ocean

• Artic Ocean

What is shipped from Africa to North America in the Triangular Trade?

• Sugar, tobacco, cotton

  
  

• Slaves to the Americas

  
  

• The Southern Colonies had rich fertile soil, long growing season and wide open spaces

  
  

• Plantation systems were used to grow cash crops for large profits

  
  

What is shipped from North America to Europe in the Triangular Trade?

• Slaves to the Americas

  
  

• Very little space, slaves were shackled, hot, dark, no fresh air

  
  

• Sugar, tobacco, cotton

  
  

What is shipped from Europe to Africa in the Triangular Trade?

• Cotton, Tobacco, Indigo, Sugar Cane, Rice

  
  

• Textiles, rum, manufactured goods

  
  

• Plantation owners wanted FREE Labor. Buying and using slaves was cheaper than paying workers

  
  

• No pay for their work, no rights, had shelter, food and clothes, no education, sold, traded and killed, punished and whipped