Atlantic Slave Trade

Causes of African SlaveryMuslim transported 17 million AfricansEuropean interest

Africans were immune to European disease Experience in farming Difficult escape

Buying and selling of slaves Started with 300,000 in the 1500s ended with

about 9.5 million in 1870

What???

What advantages do you see, as a merchant, in having slaves?

Can you think of another form of cheap labor?

Triangular TradeEurope

Africa

North America&

South America

Cotton, Tobacco, SugarG

uns, Manufacturers

Slaves, Gold, Ivory

The Middle Passage

Brought Africans West to the AmericasSickening crueltyWhippings and beatingsDiseaseCommitted suicide20 percent died

What???

If you were a merchant who owned a ship carrying slaves, what would you do differently in regards to the middle passage?

The Columbian Exchange

Transfer of foods, plants, and animals

Corn, potatoes, tomatoes, squash, pineapples, tobacco and cacao beans

Horses, cattle, sheep, pigs, bananas, yams, black eyed peas,

wheat, barley, rice and oats

Disease (small pox and measles

Capitalism

Private ownership Investments in trade and exploration Business grew across Europe

Joint Stock Companies Investors bought shares, pooled their

money or wealth

What???

What was so significant about the Columbian Trade?

What do you think happened to the European economy? (money and prices)

Mercantilism

Power was based on wealth Gold and silver vs balance of trade Self sufficiency New class of merchants

What???

What was the worst effect of the triangular trade, Columbian trade and growth of Mercantilism?

What was the greatest effect of the triangular trade, Columbian trade and growth of Mercantilism?

Why do you think the slave trade flourished for so long?

Lets pretend that the Africans enslaved the Europeans...what do you think the world would be like today?