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