What is it?
How many stops/parts were there in the transatlantic slave trade?
3
What was the route of the transatlantic slave trade?
Europe to Africa, then to the Americas, and then back to Europe.
What is a slave?
a person who is forced to work and obey another and is considered property.
What were the slave auctions?
They were an auction/sale of slaves done between the slave traders and the settlers/colonists in the colonies.
What was another name for the transatlantic slave trade and why was it called that?
The triangular trade. Because it had 3 points on the route and looked like a triangle.
Which country is responsible for the most slave-trading?
Britian
what does it mean to trade?
the act of buying, selling, or exchanging goods or services between people, countries, etc.
What would happen before a a ship with slaves arrived?
posters and advertisements were placed around the town.
Who was the original seller of the African slaves in the transatlantic slave trade?
African leaders.
What was sold/exchanged on the second stop of the transatlantic slave trade system?
Enslaved Africans were sold in exchange for sugar (molasses), tobacco, and cotton.
What does transatlantic mean?
What happened during the auction?
the auctioneer would set the starting price. People would bid against each other and whoever bid the most would own the slave.
What were the 3 main European countries that were involved in the transatlantic slave trade?
Britain, Portugal, and France.
What was the 3rd leg/part of the trade?
Transporting all the goods back to Europe.
What is an auction and what is a bidder?
Auction - a public sale in which goods or property are sold to the highest bidder
Bidder - a person or organization making a formal offer for something.
What happened when the enslaved Africans docked?
They would be placed in a pen/cage and washed, covered in grease, and branded with a hot iron.
What was the exchange/trade between the Europeans and the Africans?
The Europeans traded firearms, alcohol (rum), iron and copper, cloth in exchange for enslaved Africans, gold, ivory and spices.
What was the transatlantic slave trade?
the system of transportation by slave traders of enslaved African people, mainly to the Americas
What happened right before the auction began?
the enslaved Africans would be placed on a platform and bidders would poke and prod and inspect the slaves.