In social studies we're learning about slavery as part of our human rights unit. We started off learning about the slave trade triangle which I have mapped out below:
The slave trade triangle was a trading system between Europe, Africa, The Caribbean islands, and North America. How it would work is Europe would send weapons such as guns and exchange them with African kings for slaves. Slaves would then be taken to the Caribbean and North America where they would be sold and made to work on cotton, sugar, and tobacco farms. Boats would then taken those goods and being them to Europe. The Slave trade lasted between the 15th century to the 16th century and was finally abolished in 1807. Of course the keeping of slaves was still allowed but the the trade circuit was abolished. The reason it wasn't abolished until 1807 was because that was the year of what historians consider the first mass public protest. Of course there had been protests but on a more smaller, personal scale such as having abortions or committing suicide. There were also groups such as Sons of Africa who began a letter writing campaign against the slave trade.
Hey Molly,you did such a great job with the map. It was good to see a paragraph about it, so that people who doesn't know what it is, can understand it as well.
ReplyDeleteKia Ora, what a great map! As Presayus said previously, I like how you wrote a paragraph explaining the triangle and what happened.
ReplyDeleteGood Job!
- Nadia
Konnichiwa Molly! Great job on the map, it was cool how you put years and centuries into your explanation. There were a lot of things in your paragraph that no one else had. Amazing job!!!
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