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Transatlantic Slave Trade and Slavery in America (The Middle Passage (The…
Transatlantic Slave Trade and Slavery in America
The Middle Passage
The middle passage was the second passage in the triangular trade. It was passage that they took from Africa to the Americas.
Mostly slaves took the middle passage because they were being forced to work in America.
The conditions were very terrible they were packed together below the decks on slave ships, they were chained together, and the amount of space they had was about the size of a coffin.
About a third of the Africans shipped overseas died on the journey from things like disease, suicide, and revolts.
They had been brought to work in the Caribbean islands and Spanish and Portuguese colonies in south America.
They were brought before 1619
Transatlantic Slave Trade
It involved Africans being taken
from their homes and being
brought to the Americas
It happened between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries.
England, Africa, America, South America were involved in the Transatlantic slave trade
For almost 400 years the demand for labor on plantations created a vast transatlantic market for slavery.
When and Where?
They had been brought to work in the Caribbean islands and Spanish and Portuguese colonies in south America.
They were brought before 1619
By 1800 there were about 15 million african slaves in America.
50 million deaths and slaves
By 1763 there were 170,000 slaves and that was half of the population.
Slavery in America
Why the colonists enslaved Africans
One reason that they couldn't enslave the Native Americans is that they couldn’t force the Native Americans to be slaves because they were outnumbered.
Another reason is that the Native Americans were too tough and defiant.
The could could make a bigger profit from importing blacks slaves.
A third reason is the Native Americans could easily avoid or escape from them because they are the ones who are at home in the americas.
The turned to slavery because they had envy of the natives.
Why American slavery the cruelest form of slavery
The Africans were torn from their home and then forced to work as slaves
the Africans were forced to give up their heritage
If the slaves tried to run away they would get wipped and then they would get branded.
Ways enslaved people rebel against slavery
They worked slowly on purpose to hurt the whites.
When they first arrived in America they started running away.
The slaves secretly destroyed the whites property.
They tried holding on to their heritage and resisting the whites.
Slavery by the numbers
By 1800 there were about 15 million african slaves in America
50 million deaths and slaves
By 1763 there were 170,000 slaves and that was half of the population.
The Upperclass/Slave owners
Their fears
The biggest fear that the whites had was that the african slaves would unite with the poor whites.
If they united then they would be powerful and rebel against the wealthy slave owners
To keep them apart the wealthy decided to give the poor whites a few rights so they would be higher than the african slaves.
