Triangular trade and the middle passage

• Why did captains want slaves on ships quickly


  To avoid diseases breaking out
• What were rigged around the ship and why

  Nets to prevent slave suicide
• What were slaves forced to do


  Lie on deck in the ships hold
• What were they brought out of the ships hold to do

  Exercise
• How often were they fed

  Once a day
• What were their main sources of food

  Rice and beans
• What were common diseases that broke out on board the ship

  Smallpox and dysentery
• What were the crew most fearful of

  Slave rebellion
• How long did the middle passage last for


  8-10 weeks
• In what ways were slaves sold off

  Auction or scramble
• What was stage 1 in the triangular trade

  Europeans traded guns, textiles and rum in exchange for slaves
• What was stage 2 in the triangular trade

  Slaves were taken to the Americas (West Indies) and were sold in an auction or scramble
• What was stage 3 in the triangular trade

  Things produced by slaves (cotton, tobacco) were bought in the West Indies and were transported to Europe to be sold
• What were slaves held in while they were under the deck

  Often chained together to make revolt or suicide harder
• In what ways could slaves resist during the middle passage

  Would jump overboard, or would refuse water or starve themselves
• What was done to stop slaves resisting during the middle passage

  Whipping, some where tortured with thumbscrews and would sometimes withhold food or water