Middle Passage

Middle Passage

The Legacy of the Middle Passage

The amount of Africans that arrived in the Amercias were 11 million

Life On the Slave Ships

Would fill in scars with tar

Slave traders were either loose pakers or tight pakers

Owners would oil slaves to make them look shiny

The Daily Routine on Slave Ships

the men were forced to dance still with the shangles and crew members would wallk around with whips and would whip them if they did not dance

where the slaves stayed was called the tween decks

Crew would let the children and women roam around on the ship, but did not let the men

The early history of the slave trade

After the English civil war Britsh slave trade was resurrected

1562 Sir John Hawkins was the first Englishman to carry cargo of negro slaves to the new world

Voyages were very profitable

Divided by Spain and Portugal

Slave trade became transatlantic in 1500's

The Economic Role of the Middle Passage

England produced both texitles and manufactured goods

The middle passage across the Atlantic became the essential part of a system of trading routes

between Europe, Africa, and Norht Amercica

Revolt On The Slave Ships

Many found ways to cut their throats

Revolts were often put down quickly

Death On the Slave Ships

if anyone was showing the slightest sign of a disease they were thrown of the ship

Many suffocated