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October 11, 2011What is the best way for modern
people to remember the victims of the slave trade?
Objective:
Expose students to the concept of triangular trade. By the end of class, students will be able to identify all three legs of the triangular trade system
Homework:
Read “A slave tells of his capture in 1789”
Answer the questions
Vocabulary: Triangular trade
Trade flow that goes from Europe to Africa to America
Slaves
Raw Materials
Manufactured goods
Slave Trade Leger
Fascinating ledger sheet detailing the account and expenses of 'Capt. Peter Dordins’ 'Briggeunteen Cicero’ dated Aug 28, 1766, mentions expenses. An r entry is payment to William Vernon for "Kenion." William and his brother, Samuel, formed one of the most well-known slave-trading partnerships of the triangular trade route between West Africa, the Caribbean and American colonies, and Europe.
Triangular trade
Triangular trade
Slave Castles
Sugar / Rum to Europe
The first large plantations were sugar plantations in the Caribbean
4,500,000 Africans were brought to these plantations
Guns to Africa Africans bought guns from Europeans
They could be bought cheaper than they could be made locally
They helped some Africans dominate others
Slaves to the Americas
America needed slaves to work the plantations
Tobacco
Cotton
Sugar
Rice
Slave ship
The Slave ship
The Slave Ship
Inspired by the deaths of 133 Africans on the shop Zong
The 133 were thrown overboard because they were sick
The captain of the Zong hoped to collect insurance money for the sick
They did not get paid
Class work Part One:
Complete map activity on the triangular trade
Class Work Part Two:
Complete reading activity on the triangular trade
Exit ticket:
Identify all 3 legs of the Triangular trade