Africa And The Atlantic Slave Trade

Question 0

What was this business called?

Answer 0

This business was called the Atlantic Slave Trade

Question 1

From when were people captured in central West Africa and sold to the Americas?

Answer 1

From 1532 to the middle of the 1800’s, people were captured in central West Africa and sold to the Americas

Question 2

Over a period of how many years, how many people have been captured, and where have they been sold to?

Answer 2

Over a period of 350 years, more than 15 million Africans were captured and sold to North America, West Indies and Brazil

Question 3

How were the slaves transported to the coast?

Answer 3

He slaves were chained together and marched across to the coast

Question 4

What then happened at the coast?

Answer 4

A the coast the slaves were kept in underground prisons, and life in these prisons was terrible

Question 5

What happened after they were kept in prisons?

Answer 5

They are then squashed into overcrowded ships, still in their chains, and shipped to the Americas

Question 6

What happened when they arrived in the Americas?

Answer 6

Once they arrived in the Americas, they were sold at an auction, and rich farm owners bought the slaves to work on their sugar/cotton plantations