slave trade

from 1500s to 1800s millions of africans were:

• captured
• shipped across atlantic 
• sold as slaves in america 
• planters were needed for sugar and tabacco plantations

• farmers
• merchnats
• priests
• soldiers
• fathers 
• mothers
• son
• daughters

• natives started to die out 
• needed more people to work on land
• leaded to buying slaves

• divided africans 
• captured strongest young future leaders 
• decline of some african states dissappearing people

• forced labour amoung slaves to enrich other parts of world

• slaves laboured built economies for many african colonies

• their info. of argriculture contributed to growth of rice industry in English colonies

• Africans spread throughout Americas-African Diapore

• everntually led to spread of culture-art, music, religion-throughout Western World

• planters first used them-European diseaes killed millions

• 1600s-indentured servents

• it was expensive to support workers

• rulers and traders to seize captives 

• bring them to the coastal posts of fortresses

• 3 way system durning 1600-1800s
• africa sent slaves to america
• america sent raw materials to europe
• europe sent guns and rum to Africa
• not all slaves from america sailed this route

Route in between the western ports of Africa to the Caribbean and southern U.S. that carried the slave trade

• captive americans chained together
• forced into dark
• cramped quarters below ships deck 
• could not sit or stand 
• journey lasting three to six weeks
• 10/20 percent dead 
• low on food and water

• 1807 Parliament voted to end trading in slaves in British ships and with British merchants.
• britain took strict measures making slavery stop
• ships caught were inpounded
• slaver captians paid 100 for every slave onbaord 
• slavery abolished in 1834
• slaves got apprentaships however got abloished in 1838
• from this time on wards there was no more slavery in british empire