8.1.4

Slave Trade & World Impacts

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Impact of the Slave Trade Internationally

The Slave Trade transformed the relationship between Europe, Africa and the Americas.

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Impact on the Americas

  • Most of the slaves from West Africa went to South America.
  • The majority of slaves went to Brazil.
  • 35% of slaves were taken to the West Indies.
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Treatment of slaves

  • Slaves were not treated like human beings.
  • Around 20% of all slaves died on the journey to the Americas.
  • Between 1532 and 1832, around 12 million Africans were sold as slaves.
    • Over three million slaves were transported by British companies and British merchants.
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White supremacy and racism

  • White supremacy is the idea that white people are better because of their skin colour.
  • Many historians argue that this racism developed because of the slave trade.
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Impact on Africa

  • The slave trade had a long-term impact on Africa as a continent.
  • Millions of young people were taken away.
  • It could be argued that Africa was weakened by the slave trade and this allowed the continent to be conquered by Europeans in the 19 th century.

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1The Medieval World: 450-1450 AD

1.1Anglo-Saxon England

1.2The Contest for the English Throne

1.3Conquering the Holy Land, 10-96-1396 AD

1.4King John

1.5The Magna Carta & Parliament

1.6The Black Death

2Worldviews

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4The Renaissance & Reformations, 1500-1598 AD

5The British Empire, 1583-1960 AD

6The Peasants' Revolt

7Religion in the Middle Ages

8Slavery, 1619-1833 AD

9The English Civil War, 1642-1660

10The Industrial Revolution, 1750-1840

11US Independence, 1775-1783

12The French Revolution, 1789-1815

13The British Empire, 1857–1930

14Suffrage

15World War 1, 1914-1918

16The Inter-War Years, 1919-1939

17World War 2, 1939-1945

18The Cold War, 1947-1962

19Civil Rights in the USA, 1954-1975

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