The Transatlantic Slave Trade. Why did the Europeans want African slaves?

The Transatlantic Slave Trade

Why did the Europeans want African slaves?

When did the transatlantic slave trade occur?

How many Africans were transported out of Africa?

Slave exports from Africa on the Trans-Atlantic Route

Period Number of slaves %

1450-1500 81,000 -1500-1600 328,000 2.91601-1700 1,348,000 12.01701-1800 6,090,000 54.21801-1900 3,466,000 30.9

Total 11,232,000 100.0

Where did the enslaved Africans come from?

Where were the enslaved Africans taken?

Trans-Atlantic Exports by Region 1650-1900

Region Number of Slaves %

Senegambia 479,900 4.7Upper Guinea 411,200 4.0Windward Coast 183,200 1.8Gold Coast 1,035,600 10.1Bight of Benin 2,016,200 19.7Bight of Biafra 1,463,700 14.3West Central 4,179,500 40.8South East 470,900 4.6Total 10,240,200 100.0

Trans-Atlantic Imports by Region 1450-1900

Region Number of Slaves %

Brazil 4,000,000 35.4Spanish Empire 2,500,000 22.1British West Indies 2,000,000 17.7French West Indies 1,600,000 14.1British North Amer. 500,000 4.4& United StatesDutch West Indies 500,000 4.4Danish West Indies 28,000 0.2Europe (and Islands) 200,000 1.8

Total 11,328,000 100.0

Prior to the arrival of the Europeans, what was slavery like

in Africa?

How did Europeans acquire African slaves?

Some people assert, “Africans sold their own people into

slavery.”

Is this a fair statement?

What was the Middle Passage?

What were conditions like?

What was the Triangular Trade Route?

What was the abolitionist movement? Who led it?

When was slavery abolished in Great Britain, the United States

and Brazil?

What effects did the transatlantic slave trade have on Africa?

What African countries did freed slaves found?

What did you learn that surprised you the most?