The Triangle
This was shipped from Africa to The New World
Slaves
The country that put the Black Codes in writing.
France
What two things are unique about slavery in the New World
Only Africans and it went on for 400 years
Meaning of Maafa
Why the Natives did not last as slaves
Needed treaties, could escape, killed or disease
These items were shipped from the New World to Europe
Products of slavery such as tobacco, cotton, or sugarcane.
Rights given to slaves in the Code Noir
Right to gather in public, take off Sundays, and marry people they chose
How were Africans convinced to sell other Africans as slaves
Threats to kill, replace, or take them as slaves
This is what happended to slaves right before they were pput on boats
Hair shaved, stripped of clothes, chained
Reasons why the slave trade exploded in America
Easy to get a lot of land, labor intensive crops, profits.
These items were frequently shipped from Europe to Africa
Manufactured goods, such as guns, ammo, and clothes. As well as shiny trinkets.
Who was banned from French territories
The Jewish people
Who were the 1st slaves in Africa
Some of the conditions of the slaves in the boats
Tightly packed, filthy, inhumane
This South American country had slaves, but did not participate in the rest of the triangle
Brazil. They had their own manufacturing
The name of the leg of the triangle that was the worst part of the trip
The Middle Passage
You could not torture slaves, but you could do these two things still
Beat them as punishment and kill them
What the slave trade eventually did to the continent of Afric
Destabilized it and made it easy for Europeans to conquer and control.
Reasons why Lee was a terrible person
Owned slaves. Other slave owners thought he was too harsh. Would not free relatives slaves like they said in their will. Severe punishment for slaves. White supremacist that did not think freed slaves should be given any rights after the Civil War
Amount of people stolen from Africa
25 - 30 MM
When ships arrived in the New World from Africa, what did they have to do to the ships?
Sink them just to get them clean
Slave owners were now forced to teach their slaves this
Roman Catholic religion
The 1st European slave traders
Portuguese
The Spanish has this for their style of slavery
Asiento Sold rights to trade slaves in their territory
Length of the triangle for sailors
18 months