Slave Trade
What was the middle passage?
The middle passage was a route that ships with slaves took to reach the Americas.
What are slaves?
People that are owned by another person and forced to endure hard labor with little pay.
200 ships traveled to america with 717 slaves on board. How many slaves traveled to america?
143400
About how many slaves died during the trip to America?
15-20%
Why do people want slaves?
People started plantations which led to the need for cheap labor which led to slaves.
If a slave ship was carrying 717 slaves and 1/3 of them died, then how many slaves made it alive to the Americas?
239 people
Explain why the triangle trade is important.
The Triangle Trade was most important to the British economy. It provided the British Empire with a luxurious economy. It also let the British spread different continents. It led to massive accrual of wealth for certain European countries that would lead to dominate the globe for centuries.
What is a Slave Code?
Codes that aimed to control slave/African soicial, economic, and political autonomy as well as to control the growth of a free slave/African population in the americas.
Name a common crop grown in the south using slaves. (Hint: it's known as King ______)
Cotton!