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The Transatlantic
Slave Trade
KWL Char t Par t I
Please write in your charts the
following:
Column 1: What you already know about the Transatlantic Slave
Trade
Column 2: And what you want to know
**Remember you will be turning this
chart in at the end of the lesson!!
Objectives
From this lesson I expect you to afterwards:
• During classroom lecture and the talking head activity, being open and
respectful when learning about a sensitive topic by not writing offensive
language on their projects.
• Explain and interpret the perspectives of the Africans and Europeans
who engaged with one another in Africa in the Transatlantic Slave
Trade by filling out a talking head diagram of the perspectives of both
parties, using sources discussed in class.
During the perspectives talking head activity, learn how to make claims
based on evidence by using all the thoughts you come up with from the
sources provided to support a central claim that answers the big idea
question of “How does one justify enslaving another human being?”
Inquiry Question
How does one justify
enslaving another
human being?
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How did the
Transatlantic slave
trade begin?
Why did Europeans
choose Africans?
Origins of the
Transatlantic Slave Trade
• Before the Transatlantic Slave Trade, slavery had already existed for centuries
in many parts of the world.
• This includes slavery preexisting in many parts of Africa.
• In Africa, slavery was practiced more as a form of serfdom.
• Slaves were traded when one:
• Owed tribute
• As prisoners of war
• Slaves though were often a part of one’s family, taking a family’s name or
marriage into the family.
• Was not the brutal imagery we usually think of today.
• Begins in 1441, with the Age of Exploration— the Portuguese, not Columbus!
• African and Middle Eastern science and technology were central.
• Portuguese explore west coast of Africa, looking for Asia.
• Eventually other European ethnic groups explore and participate in trade with Africa.
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Why did Africans sell
slaves to Europeans?
Were they “selling
their own people?”
Growth of the Trade
• When the Europeans arrived in Africa, they were introduced to the preexisting African slave trade.
• Africans sold their slaves in return for European and Asian goods. • Such as: weapons, spices, alcohol, etc.
• Europeans had a demand for slaves because the demand for plantation
workers in their New World colonies.
• Market continued to expand, increasing a market for slaves. • Caused ethnic groups in Africa to raid one another for slaves to sell
to the Europeans. • Africans did not sell slaves from their own ethnic group, usually
from rival ethnic group.
• The Transatlantic Slave Trade began close to the coasts, where the
European ships were, but many of the African slaves came from places
more inland and were forced to travel thousands of miles to the coast
to be sold to the Europeans.
The river were many slaves
were washed before being sold
to the Europeans
*30 miles from the coast
Cape Coast Castle,
Ghana
Castle built by
Portuguese during the
15th century on the Gold
Coast for protection,
lodging, and storage of
trade items, including
slaves.
Slave exports from Africa
1450-1600 376,000 3.1%
1601-1700 1,868,000 16.0
1701-1800 6,133,000 52.4**
1801-1900 3,330,000 28.5
Total 11,698,000
**This is also the century that most Americans can trace their African ancestors to.
Now lastly:
Go back to your KWL Charts and fill in
the last column.
What new information did you learn
from this lesson about the
Transatlantic Slave Trade?
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