Middle Passage
Death On the Slave Ships
Many suffocated
if anyone was showing the slightest sign of a disease they were thrown of the ship
Revolt On The Slave Ships
Revolts were often put down quickly
Many found ways to cut their throats
The Economic Role of the Middle Passage
The middle passage across the Atlantic became the essential part of a system of trading routes
between Europe, Africa, and Norht Amercica
England produced both texitles and manufactured goods
The early history of the slave trade
Slave trade became transatlantic in 1500's
Divided by Spain and Portugal
1562 Sir John Hawkins was the first Englishman to carry cargo of negro slaves to the new world
Voyages were very profitable
After the English civil war Britsh slave trade was resurrected
The Daily Routine on Slave Ships
Crew would let the children and women roam around on the ship, but did not let the men
where the slaves stayed was called the tween decks
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
Life On the Slave Ships
Owners would oil slaves to make them look shiny
Slave traders were either loose pakers or tight pakers
Would fill in scars with tar
The Legacy of the Middle Passage
The amount of Africans that arrived in the Amercias were 11 million