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Seven Phases of the Slave Trade

  • Travel from European Country to Africa

    Travel from European Country to Africa
    Trading goods for people. Eurpoeans traveling to Africa from Europe. This is the first phase of the slave trade.
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    Europe Invades Africa

    Europeans go to Africa to get slaves.
    Europeans give Africans goods so they can capture other Africans.
  • Intial Capture

    Intial Capture
    Europeans hired Africans to capture other Africans.
    So then Africans started fighting each other to survive.
    Africans sold each other out for dump supplies.
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    Fights break out

    More and more Africans start to trade on each other.
    Europeans control Africans with supplies they never had before.
  • Holding Prisons (Open air, Dungeons, etc)

    Holding Prisons (Open air, Dungeons, etc)
    Africans capture slaves and have to put them in prison.
    Slaves waiting to be sold to the Europeans.
    More and more Africans die from resisting being captured.
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    Getting Ready to Sale

    Africans continue to capture and hold slaves for goods.
    Europeans buy slaves and take them to their boats.
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    Europeans loading 2 through 8 slaves on the ships.
    Europeans travel down the African coast.
    Europeans have to make sure slaves get to America in good shape.
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    Endurence

    Slaves are transported from Africa to America.
    A lot of slaves die during transfer.
  • Atlantic Passage

    Atlantic Passage
    Slaves have to endure harse conditions wile being transported to America.
    Europeans whip slaves to show them who's the master.
    Slaves fight back and resist being ordered around.
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    Endurence

    Africans are transported from Africa to America.
    Europeans must keep slaves alive so they can work.
  • Intial Landing and Enslavement

    Intial Landing and Enslavement
    Europeans land in America and trade slaves.
    Europeans use military tactics to force Africans to work as slaves.
    Europeans exchanging country marks on Africans.
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    Organizing

    Slaves are given jobs.
    Slaves are moving to other colonies.
  • Relocation to other West Atlantic sites

    Relocation to other West Atlantic sites
    Europeans have orientation on how to give slaves labor work.
    Africans are moved from one colony to start building others.