Transcript SC Standard 7-1.4 The Atlantic Slave Trade

The Columbian Exchange
Open your book to page 232.
What were some of the foods and
animals that were exchanged
across the Atlantic?
What else was exchanged?
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Ideas
Technology
Religions
Government
Arts
Languages
Diseases
Smallpox
Why do you think the Spanish forced
the Native Americans to give up their
own religions and languages?
Mercantilism
• The wealth of a nation
was determined by the
amount of gold and
silver it had.
Explain how a country could gain
more gold and silver.
• Countries wanted to
keep a favorable
balance of trade.
• The goal was to
export more than
they imported.
How did colonies help mother
countries achieve a favorable
balance of trade?
Open the Atlas of World
History to page 78.
The Atlantic Slave Trade
The First Slaves
• The first slaves
Europeans used were
Native Indians.
• Native Indians easily
escaped because they
knew the land well.
• Many Indians died
from contact with
European diseases.
The Triangular Trade
• Slaves were part of
the triangular trade.
• The route that
African slaves took
from Africa to the
Americas was
known as the
Middle Passage.
The Middle Passage
• It was the journey
across the Atlantic
from Africa to the
Americas.
• The journey across
the Atlantic could
last several months.
• Many would die of
disease before ever
reaching the
Americas.
The
Middle
Passage
The First African Slaves
• The first slaves were
taken from West
Africa.
• Africans traded other
Africans into slavery
to the Europeans
• Africans would
receive guns, liquor,
and textiles for slaves
Africans trading other Africans
into slavery
Resistance to
Slavery
• Some African kings led
armies against
European slave traders,
but most did not.
• Other African kings
appealed to the Pope for
help against the slave
trade.
• In some plantation
colonies, the slaves
themselves fought back
against slave owners.
Resistance to
Slavery
Effect of slavery on
colonies in the Americas
• In areas with plantations,
the slaves would outnumber free people.
• Many people would
become racist against
enslaved Africans.
• African culture would
influence American
culture.
Atlantic Slave trade’s effect on Africa
• Some estimate that
Africa lost 11
million people to
the slave trade.
• Areas in West
Africa lost almost
every sign of
civilization.
• Africa was never
the same.
Write a paragraph from the point of
view of a person in this picture.
Open the Atlas of World
History to page 79.