Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Flashcards
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What was the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade?
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Trading of around 10-12 million African slaves across Europe, Africa, and the Americas from the 1500s to 1800s
2
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Why did Europeans want African slaves and not Native Americans?
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- too many Native Americans had died from New World diseases
- they wanted large and cheap supply of slaves
- African farming experience
- less likely to escape b/c unknown territory
3
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What were the African slaves viewed as?
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Property
4
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How were the African slaves transported?
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- huge ships carrying 400 at a time
- forcibly
- across the Middle Passage
5
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Which countries were a part of the Triangular Trade, a transatlantic trade network?
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Americas, Africa, and Europe
6
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What was the Triangular Trade?
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Transatlantic trade network between the Americas, Africa, and Europe (triangular shape of trade)
7
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What was the Middle Passage?
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Voyage bringing African slaves to the Americas
8
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Impacts of slave trade on Africa:
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- loss of generations
- families ripped apart
- guns were introduced
9
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Impacts of slave trade on the Americas:
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- labor led to colony growth
- African agriculture
- African culture (art/music/religion/food)
- mixed populations
