The Atlantic WorldATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE: THE ROLES OF SPAIN, PORTUGAL, ENGLAND

Opening Activity (3-5 Minutes)

Why do you think that Europeans needed additional laborers, as opposed to using the natives, in the New World? (3-5 sentences)

Essential Question and Learning Goals

Essential Question: How has the Atlantic Slave Trade influenced our modern era?

Learning Goals: 1. Describe the reasons why Europeans favored

Africans over natives 2. Describe the roles of Spain, Portugal, and

England in the Atlantic Slave Trade 3. Describe the role of Africa in the Atlantic Slave

Trade

Atlantic Slave Trade

Quick factsEuropean demand for labor

Sugar/Tobacco plantations and farmsNative populations decimated

DiseaseWarfareHarsh treatment

Atlantic Slave Trade (cont.)

Quick facts (cont.) 1500-1600: ~300,000 Africans transported 1600-1700: ~1,300,000 Africans transported By 1870: ~9,500,000 Africans transported Imported laborers to:

Brazil CaribbeanSouthern Colonies (N. America)

Advantages (according to Europeans) of Africans vs. Native American Labor

1. Immunity to European diseases (prior exposure-- Portuguese)

2. Experience in farming, apply skill to plantations 3. Less likely to escape (did not know the “lay of the

land”) 4. Pigment of skin (more easily identifiable)

Example: If enslaved individual escaped and was captured, their skin color would likely be much darker than an average settler

Formative Assessment (2-3 Minutes)

Name three of the major areas in which enslaved Africans were imported? (Try to do this from memory first, if you are having trouble, you may use your notes)

Spain’s Role

Spain became the first group to import Africans into the Americas

Initially, imports to Caribbean Colonize American mainland Increased demand 300,000 Africans by 1650:

Plantations Silver mines Gold mines

Portugal’s Role

SUGAR PRODUCTION BOOMINGMain area: BrazilDemand for labor increasedSurpasses Spain’s imports1600’s 40% of slaves to Brazil

England’s Role

1690-1807 Leader in importation 1.7 million enslaved individuals transported by

1807West Indies coloniesNorth American colonies:

400,000 originally transportedGrowth of slave population 2 million by

1830

“The African Side of the Trade”– Secondary Source Analysis (15-20 Minutes)

“A Brief Overview of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade” (David Eltis, 2007)

Source: http://www.slavevoyages.org/tast/assessment/essays-intro-06.faces

PASS OUT COPY OF DOCUMENT TO STUDENTS Questions: (Can be found on the back of the document)

1. Write a two sentence summary of this document. 2. Which regions of Africa exported the most enslaved

individuals? 3. Which “slave ports” were the busiest in Africa?

Africa’s Role

Merchants and Rulers African Barter (trade) System

Capture Africans (inland) Deliver to Europeans at ports (coast)

Lost their fittest members, and families were torn apart

Why do this to your own people? GREED:

Guns Gold Goods

Summative Assessment (7-10 Minutes)

Compare and contrast the roles of Spain, Portugal, and England in the Atlantic Slave Trade. (5-7 sentences)

Launch

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