Seven Phases of the Slave Trade

Travel from European Country to africa

Jan 1, 1790

Trading goods in exchange for provisions and people. They traveled around to trade and find new things. That started the Slave Trade because they needed help with the things they were trsding.

Seven Phases of the Slave Trade

Period: Jan 1, 1790 to Sep 1, 1794

Initial Capture

Apr 1, 1790

Africans were caught a and set to violence and made to work. When they tried to get away they were hit or beat. Then they were sent away from where they were.

Holding Prisons [Open air , dungeons, etc.]

Aug 1, 1790

Accumilation of the slaves were used by hyolding them. They did this so there was no way to get away. This way, they can be sold.

Loading

Dec 1, 1790

Small groups [2-8 people a day] were loaded in ships. They have been loaded up at least one inch away from each other. Then they had to do their own waste on their selfs which made ships usually stink and some people to die,

Atlantic Passage

Jun 1, 1791

Survival was the main key on here. They even had some people sie that were on the ships because od diseases that went around from the smell. When this did happen , even if they didnt die yet, they would throw them off the ship

Initial Landing and Enslavement

Sep 1, 1791

Breaking the process or exchanging country marks including military tactics. The Europeans started to then sell the slaves to random people. Then breaking their spirits and change their name.

Relocations to other West Atlantic sites

Sep 1, 1794

Orientation to labor or redistribution to other colonies. Which meant that when they were finished they went around more to trade more things. Other than the slaves , fpr things like goods (silver, crops ect.)