First, view the videos related to the Atlantic Slave Trade and the Middle Passage. Use the information from the video and textbook to create a (2) two paragraph essay on the experience Africans underwent on their journey to North and South America. Analyze the following questions in your essay. Examine some of the resources and items exchanged during the Atlantic Slave Trade. Which items traveled from which continent? Explain the conditions amongst the slaves aboard the slave ships and how it affected the total number of slaves that actually arrived on the North and South American continents. .
This blog will count as an essay test and will be due Thursday, September 20, 2012 by 12:00a.m. The essay test will count as 100 points and will be graded according to content information and analyzation skills informational readings. I look forward to reading your blog post.
The rural conditions on the voyage to America was very inhumane. The slaves were uncomfortably layered in acute spaces where the could hardly move and wallowed in others' bodily fluids.Some conditions were so bad that the slaves committed suicide. This and the killing by crew ship members had a large affect on how many slaves actually made it to America.Many female African slaves were raped by the European crew ship members. The Native Americans were also forced into slavery before the Africans but were no goo to the Europeans because they died from diseases given to them by whites. The things that were traded during the Triangular trade were sugar, tobacco, and cotton from America which went to Europe. Europe's resources were rum, manufactured goods, and textiles which went to Africa whom gave its goods of slaves to America.
ReplyDeletein the various slave trade videos ive seen so far it was pretty cruel and devistating. It was so bad that the Europeans force some African Americans to capture the weak such as women and little boys. after they were captured they were forced to get on the ship where they were basically held hostage. Women were raped by the crew members when they were lonely. Native Americans were actually the first to be captured but wasnt so pleased by it considering the fact that Europeans carried diseases and also spread them. Europeans resources were, rum,manufactured goods,and textiles that went to Africa. Things that were traded in the Triangular Trade were mostly things we use in this century such as,sugar,tobacco,and cotton from America which was sent to Europe.
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