The African Slave Trade and
Columbian Exchange
Agenda
1. Bell Ringer: What are positive and negative effects of
worldwide exploration?
2. Lecture: Atlantic Slave Trade and Columbian Exchange
3. Map Activity, Triangle Trade
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Columbian Exchange.
Video Clip, the Process of Trade
Primary Document Analysis: The life of a slave.
Test corrections. Information
Age of Exploration Projects, Groups, etc. etc.
HW: Reading Quiz Friday
Columbian Exchange
• This was the trade of
goods between the new
world and Europe in the
Age of Exploration.
• Some traded on
purpose, such as food,
animals, and
technology.
• Others by accident,
such as disease and
certain crops.
Introduction
• Fifty percent of all
immigrants to the New
World between 1500
and 1800 were Africans.
• Most came from
Guinea.
• Europeans saw the
African as uncivilized
and primitive.
Origins of Slavery
• Slavery wasn’t always
African.
• Jews were enslaved in
Egypt.
• Africans were enslaved
by other Africans,
usually as prisoners of
war.
Accounts of the Slave Trade
• A Doctor aboard a slave
ship claimed that many
slaves were kidnapped
from rival tribes.
• Then they were shipped
to the coast to be sold
to traders from
Portugal.
The Process of Trade
• Sailors trade goods for
slaves along the Coast
of Africa.
• Slaves are sent up the
coast, cleaned and
coated in oil.
• Prospective buyers will
ask about any
deformities or illnesses.
Triangle Trade
• Slaves were packed
onto ships.
• Approximate price of a
slave in Africa = $25
• Approximate price in
America = $150
• Huge Profits even if half
die.
• 451 per voyage,
commonly overloaded.
The Voyage