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The Slave Trade - Coggle Diagram

- - - - slave traders wanted to make them accept their new life.
  - - - any servants who were not Christian in their home country should be considered slaves
      - they had no protection under the law
- - - - many slave owners began to view workers from Africa as being even lower than laborers
        
        they considered the workers to be their property
        
        chattel slavery
- - - - were a part of the economies of many African kingdoms
    - - so, in this way, the slave trade to Europe began
        
        the kingdoms of West Africa traded with groups farther from the coast to get slaves.
        
        then the slaves were sold to the Europeans
        
        the ship captain sold the slaves to sugar plantation owners on islands close to Africa.
- - - - they were chained together in close quarters and got little fresh air or water
        
        the crew members made sure that Africans who spoke the same language were kept apart
        
        so the Africans could not plan to rise up
        
        disease spread quickly because of the crowded, dirty conditions
- - - - Their religious traditions in Africa influenced the way they practiced Christianity
        
        those traditions included dancing, drumming, and singing