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Songhay Empire
Empire . Third West African Empire conquered by Moroccans with guns
Songhay Empire
Continued a tradition of trans - Saharan trade - gold , salt , slaves
Queen Nzinga
Queen of Angola - resisted Portuguese intrusion ( slave trade )
Queen Nzinga
To show power - dressed as a male , surrounded herself with male " concubines " dressed as women
Islamic slave trade
These merchants have been trading humans for labor for hundreds of years
Islamic slave trade
Trans - Saharan , Swahili Coast
Triangular trade
A system of trade connecting Europe , Africa , and the Americas
Triangular trade
Horses and guns to Africa , slaves to the Americas , rum & natural resources to Europe
Middle passage
passage 4 to 6 week journey from Africa to the Americas
Middle passage
Africans crammed , abused , and died on this journey , but mortality rates declined over time because of profits
Saint Domingue
French controlled Caribbean Island - main purpose is sugar production - slaves
Saint Domingue
Home of successful slave rebellion - renamed Haiti
African-American culture
Customs and culture merged into Euro-American society
African-American culture
Creole language, Vodou, drumming, dancing, banjos, okra, gumbo
Olaudah Equiano
Former slave who became literate and wrote about the horrors of slavery
Olaudah Equiano
Important person for the abolition of slavery movement
End of slave trade
Early 1800's European countries began to stop participating in the sale of human beings
End of slave trade
Owning humans was still legal, especially in the Americas, but transporting human from Africa to the Americas ended.
Abolition of slavery
Middle to late 1800's European states made it illegal to own humans
Abolition of slavery
Can be seen as an extension of human rights movements coming from the enlightenment, but also a strong argument that owning and selling humans is not cost efficient.
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