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African Slave Trade
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European 1st contact in 1400s
• Portuguese looking for sea route around Africa
• Also looking for the Gold Kingdoms of West Africa
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Early Contact
• Small trading stations on the coast
• Copper and iron traded for gold, ivory, pepper and fish
• Early trading relationships were equal
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Christian Missionaries
• Some Africans became Christian right away
• Catholic Saints were similar to African gods
• There may have been trading advantages
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No concept of race
• Europeans were called Christians
• Or Whales, based on whaling ships
• Neither Europeans nor Africans had racial identity
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Slavery in the New World
• Europeans needed labor for American colonies
• At first they attempted to enslave Native Americans
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Europeans turned to Africans
• Slavery began in tropical areas, such as the Caribbean Islands
• Africans had resistance to malaria
• Knowledge of tropical crops
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The Triangle Trade
• 60,000 per year were taken captive
• Huge profits for the Europeans
• Racism was used to justify the slave trade
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The Middle Passage
• Very cramped
• Disease
• Malnutrition
• 60,00 per year were taken
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Atlantic Slave Trade
• Huge profits for Europeans
• Racism was used to justify the slave trade
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Slaves for Guns
• Global economy
• It caused massive destabilization of African societies
• It became necessary to get guns to protect against capture
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Slavery in Africa was Different
• Slaves were part of the community
• They were treated like servants
• The could gain their freedom
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Effects
• Caused wars among African groups
• Communities weakened
• Gender imbalance• Lives were ruined• Families were torn
apart
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Ending the Slave Trade
• Abolition was the movement to end slavery
• Quakers were strong abolitionists
• Britain ended 1807• U.S. ended 1865
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Diaspora
• “the scattering of people”
• African captives in America began to think in terms of being unified race, rather than separate ethnic groups
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Cultural Diffusion
• Africans worked very hard to preserve their cultural identity under the most challenging of circumstances
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“Roots”
• Alex Hailey
• Kunte Kinte arrived aboard the Lord Ligonier in Anapolis on September 29, 1767
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