AP World
History
Journal
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Briefly explain the significance of the following
people:
John LockeBaron De Montesquieu (Charles De Secondat)Jean Jacques Rousseau
Due in 5 minutes
Gold-Salt Trade
SALT
GOLD
Berbers
Important African Empires
Crash Course
Songhay Empire 1400’s-1591
 Islamic
Empire
 Controlled the trans-Saharan Trade
Routes
 Timbuktu was an important trading center
but also a cultural center
 Muslims emperors encouraged the
building mosques and schools to teach
Islam
Swahili-Speaking Areas of E. Africa
SWAHILI [“the coast’] = Bantu + some Arabic
Timbuktu-”Heavenly Clay”
Timbuktu Rooftop, Mosque
The Triangle Trade
Slave Trade in the Congo
Slave Ship Plan
 4-6
week journey
involves horrific
conditions for
captured Africans.
 Approximately 4
million die on
journey
 Slave Trade
Onboard the Slave Ship
Slave Ship Interior
Slaves at Work in a Mine
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Slave With Iron Muzzle
African Captives Thrown Overboard
Sharks followed the slave ships across the
Atlantic!
Slave Master Brands
Inspection and Sale
Slave Auction in the Southern U. S.
African Slave Export per Year
60000
50000
40000
30000
20000
10000
0
16th c.
17th c.
18th c.
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Arab Slave Traders
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“Black” Gold for Sale!
Triangular trade brings 12
million slaves to Americas
between 15th to 18th
centuries.
“Coffin” Position:
Onboard a Slave Ship
First Slave Auction
New Amsterdam (Dutch New York City - 17c)
30 Lashes
Whipped Slave, early 19c
Impact of the Slave Trade
 12
million people brought to the Americas
 Distorted sex ratios resulting in polygamy
and forced women to take on men’s
duties
 Fostered violence & conflict between
African people
Resistance to Slavery
 Queen
Nzinga (Ndongo)- led a spirited
resistance against the Portuguese
 Olaudah Equiano Haitian Revolution-
Olaudah Equiano (1745-1797)
1789  wrote and published, The Interesting
Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or
Gustavus Vassa the African.
Abolitionist Symbol, 19c
African states, 1500-1650
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