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Transatlantic Slave Trade (Slave Trade Triangle (Who traded what? (West…
Transatlantic Slave Trade
Slave Trade Triangle
What is the Slave Triangle?
West African slaves were exchanged for trade goods such as brandy and guns. Slaves were then taken via the 'Middle Passage' across the Atlantic for sale in the West Indies and North America.
What is the Middle Passage Journey?
The Middle Passage was the crossing from Africa to the Americas, which the ships made carrying their 'cargo' of slaves.
This journey took place in a ship where several slaves were tied up and held captive under horrendous conditions. They were provided with bad lumpy food that was thrown down at them from the upper deck yet the amount was just enough to keep them alive.
If a slave had to use a toilet or a restroom they had to do it in their tied up areas as they weren't given any other facilities. This resulted in slaves catching diseases and passing away before they reached land.
Who traded what?
West Africa
Slaves to North America and South America in exchange for Manufactured goods from Europe.
South America
Sugar and Rum too Europe in exchange for Slaves from West Africa
Europe
Manufactured goofs (guns, pots, pans, cloth etc) to West Africa in exchange for Tobacco and cotton from North America.
North America
Tobacco and Cotton too Europe in exchange for Slaves from West Africa.
History of Slavery
Slavery in what became the United States probably began with the arrival of "20 and odd" enslaved Africans to the British colony of Jamestown, Virginia, in 1619. It officially ended with the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment in 1865.
Slavery refers to a condition in which individuals are owned by others, who control where they live and at what they work. Slavery had previously existed throughout history, in many times and most places. The ancient Greeks, the Romans, Incas and Aztecs all had slaves.
In conclusion this era was extremely brutal. It discriminated others and people were selfish and willing to torture others, just due to their colour, in order to gain leisure.
Abolition of Slavery
Thanks to the efforts of Slave rebellions, The law, The anti-Slavery campaign and other individuals who fought to bring out the truth slavery officially ended in 1865.
Yet this was only in the eyes of media. I took the actual process several years to completely stop as it was some of the countries main survival source.
The truth was presented in various ways. One being books and written articles by slaves who had been through this horrendous experience. For example Olaudah Equiano. He wrote a book about his life as a slave. This book dispelled many misconseptions about the perceived inferiority of black people and convinced many that slavery was wrong.
Life on a Plantation
What is a Plantation?
An estate on which crops such as coffee, sugar, and tobacco are grown.
In this estate slaves were forced to work all day in the heat for their owners that bought them at auctions.
By the 1760s, on mainland North American plantations, half of enslaved African people were occupied in cultivating tobacco, rice and indigo.
a majority of slaves lived on small mixed agricultural holdings; on the Bahamas, cotton cultivation was important for some decades.
they were trained to endure their work and conditions - obey or receive the lash. It was mental and physical torture. Life expectancy was short, on many plantations only 7-9 years.