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TheTransatlantic Slave Trade (Slavery (Slaves were taken form their home…
TheTransatlantic Slave Trade
The Middle Passage
The journey between Africa and the Americas
The Middle Passage lasted from 3-6 weeks
The slaves onboard the slave ships were shackled together and didn't have room to move
Many of the slaves died, from sickness,or committing suicide during the middle passage
Slave Ship
The first part of the journey was from England to Africa
The third part of the journey was from America, back to England
Slavery
Slaves were taken form their home country and sold to plantation owners, or the white upperclass
Slaves were not treated fairly, and had no human rights.
Slaves sometimes ran away form their owners, but most of them were found and killed, or brought back to their owners
Slavery took place during the 15th century
Slave Work
Slaves mostly worked on plantations
They planted coffee, tobacco, and other cash crops
Some slaves worked for the upper class, as servants
Slave Rebellions
Slaves rebelled by refusing to eat, committing suicide, or running away.
Slave owners lived in fear of slaves rising up against them
They also were afraid of the poor whites joining the slaves
On some slave ships, slaves would escape and try to turn the ship around
Why?
Colonists needed laborers
There weren't enough white settlers to work on plantations
Plantation owners didn't have to pay their slaves
The Cruelest Form of Slavery
American slavery was the cruelest form of slavery
Slaves were treated as if they were machines with no feelings or rights
Slavery in America was based on racial hatred, and the belief that the white owners were more human than the slaves
Fears of Slave Owners
Owners of slaves lived in fear that their slaves would rise up against them
They thought that the poor whites would join the slaves to rise up against the upper classes
