Title: 
Headings: The Atlantic Slave Trade
The
 
Atlantic
 
Slave
 
Trade

MAIN
 
IDEA
 

CULTURAL
 
INTERACTION
To

WHY
 
IT
 
MATTERS
 
NOW
 

TERMS
 
&
 
NAMES

TAKING
 
NOTES

The
 
Causes
 
of
 
African
 
Slavery
 

Analyzing
 
Motives

Slavery
 
Spreads
 
Throughout
 
the
 
Americas

Slavery

Analyzing
 
Issues


 
Forced
 
Journey

Triangle
 
Trade
 
System,
 
1451–1870

GREAT
Africans
 
Enslaved
 
in
 
the
BRITAIN
Americas,
 
1451–1870

PACIFIC

OCEAN

KONGO
INDIAN
 
OCEAN

OCEAN

GEOGRAPHY
 
SKILLBUILDER:
 
Interpreting
 
Maps
 

The
 
Horrors
 
of
 
the
 
Middle
 
Passage

DOCUMENT-BASED
 
QUESTIONS

Slavery
 
in
 
the
 
Americas

Consequences
 
of
 
the
 
Slave
 
Trade

TERMS
 
&
 
NAMES

USING
 
YOUR
 
NOTES
MAIN
 
IDEAS

CONNECT
 
TO
 
TODAY

CRITICAL
 
THINKING
 
&
 
WRITING


Content: Often,
 
slaves
 
were
 
captured
prisoners
 
of
 
war,
 
or
 
people
 
of
 
a
different
 
nationality
 
or
 
religion. However,
 
the
 
slavery
 
that
developed
 
in
 
the
 
Americas
 
was
based
 
largely
 
on
 
race. Europeans
viewed
 
black
 
people
 
as
 
naturally
inferior. Because
 
of
 
this,
 
slavery
 
in
the
 
Americas
 
was
 
hereditary. The
 
Atlantic
 
World
567
African
 
Cooperation
 
and
 
Resistance
Many
 
African
 
rulers
 
and
 
merchants
played
 
a
 
willing
 
role
 
in
 
the
 
Atlantic
 
slave
 
trade. Most
 
European
 
traders,
 
rather
than
 
travel
 
inland,
 
waited
 
in
 
ports
 
along
 
the
 
coasts
 
of
 
Africa. African
 
merchants,
with
 
the
 
help
 
of
 
local
 
rulers,
 
captured
 
Africans
 
to
 
be
 
enslaved. They
 
then
 
deliv-
ered
 
them
 
to
 
the
 
Europeans
 
in
 
exchange
 
for
 
gold,
 
guns,
 
and
 
other
 
goods. As
 
the
 
slave
 
trade
 
grew,
 
some
 
African
 
rulers
 
voiced
 
their
 
opposition
 
to
 
the
 
prac-
tice. Nonetheless,
 
the
 
slave
 
trade
 
steadily
 
grew.