Slavery

This enslaved person’s journey from Africa to the Americas across the Atlantic Ocean on a slave-trading ship.

• Middle Passage

• Triangular trade

• Slave trade

• Journey

This is the forced migration of millions of captured and enslaved people from Africa to the Americas.

• Slave Trade

• Gold Trade

• Salt Trade

• Silver Trade

This is a series of transatlantic trade routes

• Triangular Trade

• Middle Passage

• Slave Trade

• Trade Winds

What continents did the Atlantic Slave Trade include?

• North America, South America, and Brazil

• America, Europe, and Africa

• Asia, Europe, and Africa

• Australia, Asia, and Europe

To meet the massive demand for slaves, where did the Europeans look for slaves?

• Europe
• Spain
• Africa
• Asia

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

This region had large plantations which required lots of slaves to work

• North

• South

Once slaves arrived in the Americas they were

• sent to loving families

• allowed to take a vacation

• thrown off the slave ships

• sold at auctions

Which describes the living conditions of slaves

• they were given anything that they needed

• they received lots of food and supplies

• they got only the basic supplies to survive

• they lived in fully furnished homes

Which describes the working conditions of slaves

• They worked from sun up to sun down

• they got multiple breaks throughout the day

• they started working at age 18

• after 60, slaves were allowed to retire