Atlantic slave trade

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Effects of Slavery in Africa

• Disrupted Societies

• Encouraged War and increased tension for neighboring peoples.

• Economies crumbled as healthy men and women were taken away.

• Starvation; no one to plant, do the labor.

The Legacy of Slavery

• Still thriving around the world(Diamonds, sex, child, Agriculture)

• Race issues that still exist 

• Diaspora; the spreading of African culture around the world. 

• Mistrust of "white intentions"

Things to Remember

• Slavery in Africa was not a new concept:

• Egyptians, Romans, Greeks, other  African tribes

• Europeans continued a tradition of slavery

• Global Perspective: 

  • Slavery was experiened different geographically

  • Slavery had impacts in Africa as well

Slavery on the African Continent 

• Some slaves were POW's

• Some sold themselves into slavery to avoid famine.

• Could be seen as servants, not always property.

• Depending on location, could earn their freedom and become full members of society.

• Many were sold to Europeans traders

The Atlantic Slave Trade

• Europeans introduced slavery on massive scale. (Gave Africans Guns)

• 400 years long

• 2 -3 Million Africans sent to Americas

• Peaked in 1700's / 60k slaves a year.

• Many sold for guns, rum, or by warring tribes.

• Known as the Middle Passage / Horrible Conditions  

Slavery in the Islands

• Central / South America and the Caribbean 

• Hotter; work was more grueling; slaves seen as dehumanized machines that could be easily replaced.

• Spanish and Portuguese had no respect for African lives.