Bell Work: Read Witness History at the top of page 125.

1. Bell Work: Read Witness History at the top of page 125. • How does the portrait of Equiano contrast with the sterotypical view of an African slave?

2. The Atlantic Slave Trade

3. Objectives • I can explain how the triangular trade worked. • I can describe the Middle Passage and describe its effects. • I can analyze the impact of the Atlantic slave trade.

4. Terms and People • triangular trade– colonial trade routes among Europe and its colonies, the West Indies, and Africa in which goods were exchanged for slaves • Middle Passage– the second leg of triangular trade in which slaves were transported to the Americas • Olaudah Equiano–enslaved African who published an autobiography in the late 1700s detailing his experiences • mutiny – a revolt aboard a ship

5. http://www.history.com/shows/mankind-the-story-of-all-of-us/videos/african-slave-tradehttp://www.history.com/shows/mankind-the-story-of-all-of-us/videos/african-slave-trade

6. How did the Atlantic slave trade shape the lives and economies of Africans and Europeans? An international trade network began in the 1500s. A key part of it was the slave trade, in which Africans were taken from their homes, sold, and sent to the Americas. The Spanish were the first European partners in the slave trade. As other European nations established colonies, the slave trade intensified.

7. A series of trade routes linking Europe, Africa, and the Americas arose during the 1500s. • This was known as triangular trade. • The Atlantic slave trade, in which slaves were transported to America, was one part of the triangle.

8. 3. Finally, merchants carried goods from America to Europe—sugar, cotton, furs. 1. First, ships brought European goods to Africa—guns, cloth, cash. 2. Slaves were transported to the Americas on the second leg, known as the Middle Passage.

9. Merchants and certain industries thrived. For example, shipbuilding and tobacco growing were very lucrative. • Port cities such as Bristol in England and Newport, Rhode Island, grew quickly as a result. Triangular trade helped colonial economies grow.

10. http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=video+on+the+atlantic+slave+trade&FORM=VIRE4#view=detail&mid=F507D75F6DD99702D85EF507D75F6DD99702D85Ehttp://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=video+on+the+atlantic+slave+trade&FORM=VIRE4#view=detail&mid=F507D75F6DD99702D85EF507D75F6DD99702D85E

11. The Middle Passage was a terrible journey in which many people died. Once on the ships, Africans were packed below the decks for a long voyage of weeks or months. This diagram from an actual slave ship shows how tightly African captives were packed into the cargo hold.

12. Slave ships were “floating coffins” in which up to half of the Africans on board died. Slave ships faced many dangers and horrors on their journeys. Most died of disease such as dysenteryor smallpox. Others committed suicide. There were also mutinies, storms at sea, and raids by pirates.

14. 25 Point Formative Assessment Quiz