Name: Madyson Chebret Date: DUE-10/29 Period: 6th
Unit 4: Causes & Impacts of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Inquiry Lesson
Today’s Inquiry Questions
● What were the causes of the trans-Atlantic slave trade?
● What were the long-term impacts of the trans-Atlantic slave trade on American and African societies?
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Maps
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What were the causes and/or impacts of the African slave trade?
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Slave
Ship
Doctor
Primary
Source
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Olaudah
Equiano
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Africa lost 12 million of its people due to the wants of
the Europeans
It was a triangular trade; American goods went to
Europe, European goods went to Africa, and the
slaves went to the Americas
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BBC
Article
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What were the causes and/or impacts of the African slave trade?
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The living conditions of these slaves was unhuman,
there was little to no food, no toilets, and no water
Most slaves were forced to live squashed together,
with no ability to move, with blood and mucus all
over themselves and each other
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Slave
Ship
Diagram
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Slaves are dehumanized; not seen as real people,
thought of as property that could be thrown out at
any time
Superiority complex: merchants thought they were
above the slaves and could do whatever they want
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Captives
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The people from Spain established that the darker
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There were a lot of wars in Europe, which means money was
bring lost, so the demand for slaves grew rapidly
Slaves fought in wars for European countries, worked in fields
and shops
There was lots of famine, most of the hungry population was in
the slave population
The slaves were all extremely close together, with human
waste, blood, and mucus all over all of them
There was no regulation until Britain took over
From 1800-1860, cotton exported from the United States went
up over 50%
Also from 1800-1860, the total crop value went up over $240
million
Most of the countries where slaves were taken from were the
Casta
Paintings
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your skin color is, or how different you look from
everyone else, decided how you were going to be
treated; basically like the caste system
Casta paintings were hung everywhere; they
included a lighter skinned person and an African
person, displaying that the level of respect you
receive is based on your skin color
Slave
Trade
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Political
Fragment
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Nat
Turner’s
Rebellion
Color of
Money
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middle class economy
These countries economies hadn’t started