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Chapter 3

Chapter 3. Section 3. The Middle Passage. The ____________________ was one leg of the triangular trade between the Americas, Europe, and Africa. ---- also refers to the forced transport of ___________ from Africa to the Americas.

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Chapter 3

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  1. Chapter 3 Section 3

  2. The Middle Passage • The ____________________was one leg of the triangular trade between the Americas, Europe, and Africa. ----also refers to the forced transport of ___________ from Africa to the Americas. • Roughly ____________percent of Africans on slave trips died in the crossing. Slaves endure horrible conditions. • Occasionally enslaved Africans staged a mutiny, or revolt, on the slave ships. Many of these were successful.

  3. Slavery in the Colonies South Carolina and Georgia • High temperatures/ disease =harsh conditions • ____________________________ ____________________________ • Southern slaves kept their culture alive through their _____________ ____________________________

  4. Virginia and Maryland • made up _______________________. • Slaves had other tasks in addition to growing crops. • more _____________________than in South Carolina and Georgia. • To save money, slaveowners____________ ___________________________

  5. New England and the Middle Colonies • fewer slaves than in the South. • ________________________.

  6. New England Colonies Middle Colonies Southern Colonies Year 1690 950 2,472 13,307 1700 1,680 3,661 22,476 1710 2,585 6,218 36,063 1720 3,956 10,825 54,058 1730 6,118 11,683 73,220 1740 8,541 16,452 125,031 1750 10,982 20,736 204,702 Estimated African American Population, 1690–1750 SOURCE: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970

  7. Free Blacks • Slaves that earned money tried to ________________________________ • Free African Americans did the same kind of work as enslaved African Americans, but were often _________________________ ____________________________ • faced poorer living conditions and discrimination • Free blacks could not _________________ _________________________________

  8. Laws could not go aboard ships or ferries, or leave the town limits without a written pass. could be accused of crimes (ranging from owning hogs or carrying canes to disturbing the peace or striking a white person.) Punishments = whipping, banishment to the West Indies, and death. Revolts In the Stono Rebellion, several dozen slaves in South Carolina killed more than 20 whites. The rebels were captured and killed. New York City had slave rebellions The 1741 revolt, 13 African Americans were burned alive as punishment. Almost 50 documented revolts between 1740 and 1800. Laws and Revolts

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