The Transatlantic Slave Trade and Atlantic World Routes

Vocabulary flashcards detailing the geography, regions of origin, colonial destinations, and trade commodities of the transatlantic triangular trade and slave trade routes.

Middle Passage

The transatlantic route used to transport enslaved Africans from regions in Africa across the Atlantic Ocean to destinations in the Americas.

Manufactured Goods and Luxuries

Commodities exported from Europe to Africa along the transatlantic trade network.

American Plantation Exports

Agricultural and raw goods shipped from the Americas to Europe, including sugar, molasses, rum, tobacco, rice, indigo, and wood.

Senegambia

A region on the western coast of Africa designated as a major origin of enslaved Africans.

Gold Coast

A coastal region in West Africa identified as an origin of enslaved Africans.

Bight of Benin

A coastal West African region identified as an origin of enslaved Africans.

Bight of Biafra

An African coastal region listed as an origin of enslaved Africans.

West Central Africa

A prominent African region identified as a primary origin of enslaved Africans shipped across the Atlantic.

Islands in Africa (Early Sugar Plantations)

Offshore Atlantic island groups that served as early sugar plantation sites, including Principe, Sao Tome, the Canary Islands, and the Madeira Islands.

Sao Tome and Principe

Islands located off the coast of Central Africa that were developed as early sugar plantation sites.

Canary Islands and Madeira Islands

North Atlantic island groups located off the northwest coast of Africa that served as early sugar plantation locations.

Brazilian Destinations (Atlantic World)

Locations in South America that served as arrival points for enslaved Africans, specifically Pernambuco and Bahia.

Pernambuco

A coastal location in northeastern South America (Brazil) identified as a major arrival destination for enslaved Africans.

Bahia

A Brazilian coastal destination in South America where enslaved Africans were brought via transatlantic trade routes.

Caribbean Destinations (Atlantic World)

A group of island destinations in the Caribbean Sea where enslaved Africans arrived, including Cuba, Jamaica, St. Domingue (Haiti), Santa Domingo (Dominican Republic), Puerto Rico, Martinique, and Barbados.

St. Domingue (Haiti)

A Caribbean destination colony listed as an arrival point for enslaved Africans in the Americas.

Santa Domingo (Dominican Republic)

A Caribbean destination listed as an arrival point for enslaved Africans in the Americas.