Slavery and the Triangular Trade

The killiing of natives led to a shortage of what

labor

A shortage of labor led to a need for what

African slave labor for crops

What is the largest killer of natives

smallpox, influenza

European plantation systems in the Caribbean and the America’s destroyed what

local economics and environments

The world slave comes from the old french word

sclave

Slavs were taken by who in the 9th century

Iberian Muslims of Spain

Slavery is mentioned throughout history in what

bible and quran, greeks and romans

Why were Africans the main use of labor

geography, social dwarfism, experience with European farm systems, didn’t know the land, and stood out from the Natives and Europeans in the Americas

what is social dwarfism

Europeans begin to “prove” scientifically that Africans were below Europeans

What nation starts the slave trade

portugal

How does slave trade start

european countries building trade posts along the african coast

How many Africans were sent to the americas

12 million

When does the slave trade start

1441

1st leg of the triangular trade

europe to africa

What goods were transported during the 1st leg

luxury items, firearms, cloth, iron, beer

Other name for the 2nd leg of the triangular trade

Middle Passage

Which was the deadliest part of the triangular trade

the middle passage

2nd leg of the trangular trade

west africa to america

What caused slaves to die during the middle passage

Suffocated, heat exhaustion, dehydrated, poor sanitation, cramped

What goods were transported during the 2nd leg

Slaves, Spices, Gold, and Ivory

What percentage of slaves died on the voyage

40%

3rd leg of the triangular trade

america to europe

what was transported in the 3rd leg

raw materials (Sugar, Rum, Lumber, Furs, rice, cotton, tobacco)

What would happen when the triangular trade finished

the cycle repeats

What was the cycle of triangular trade

finished goods for slaves, slaves farm raw materials, raw materials make finished goods