Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Atlantic Slave Trade
- West Africa
- The slaves were bought by trade
- 10 to 15 million slaves were exported from West Africa
- Many captured slaves thought that many Europeans were cannibals
- The slaves were branded with hot irons and restrained with shackles
- African Governments trade slaves
- Arms, Brandy and Textiles
- Spain
- England
- France
- Coffee, Sugar and Tobacco
were made into consumor
goods for Europeans
- France England and
Spain built their
empires
- Average Europeans
benefited because coffee
sugar and tobacco
were available
- The Government of this
country profited from this
trade
- Slaves
- They went to the Caribean, and to The Americas,
- Brazillian plantations: The average
lifespan of a slave working is 23 years
- Between ten and twenty percent of
slaves lost their lives
- The West African slave
traders got Brandy,
Textiles and Arms from
trading
- West African Governments were
getting wealthy
- slave trading
finances war
- There was a decline
in the population of men
- More than half of slaves captured form central
Africa didn't survive reaching the West African
coast
- Triangular Trade