The African Slave Trade

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The African Slave Trade
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Portugal was looking for a route around Africa to
the East.
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Portuguese explorers found Sao Tome, Principe,
and Fernando Po.
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The King of Portugal gave the islands to the
explorers.
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They continued exploring south and discovered the
Kingdom of the Kongo
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The King of the Kongo gave slaves to the
explorers for the King of Portugal
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Slaves were produced by tribal warfare.
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It was decided to use slaves as labor for sugar
cane plantations on Sao Tome, Principe, and
Fernando Po
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Columbus decided to try plantations in the
Carribean.
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He began enslaving the Native Americans.
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He wiped out all of the Arawaks of Hispaniola.
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He began to import Black Africans. This is the
beginning of the African slave trade.
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Europeans involved in buying the slaves to bring
to the New World were known as slavers.
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Slaves were produced by tribal warfare and were
sold mostly by Black tribes.
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Europeans could not go very far inland.
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Slaves were traded by tribes for guns.
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Unless tribes had captives for trade, they would
not get guns.
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Without guns, they could not defend themselves
against tribes who had guns.
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Cycle of Violence Either trade in slaves or
become a slave.
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The justification (argument) for slavery was that
Whites were genetically and culturally superior
to Blacks (racism).
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The true reason for slavery was the European
desire for labor in the new world.
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The African slave trade is part of a larger trade
pattern called the triangle trade.
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Rum Guns
Slaves
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The African Slave Trade lasted about 400 years
and killed several million Africans.
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Unknown millions of young adults were taken from
Africa.
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The cycle of violence destroyed many clans and
villages.
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The cultural drive towards civilization was
shattered.