Key Players in the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade:
The Massive transatlantic trade in African Peoples was a global partnership involving players from four continents:
The Transatlantic Slave Trade – Image Analysis
Enslaved Africans carrying a Barrel, 1839
Africans from many different cultures worked together, frequently
performing back-breaking work, carrying heavy barrels like this one
over long distances.
Who do you think created this image?
Who was the intended Audience?
What message does this image convey?
Whipping a Fugitive, French West Indies, 1840s
Plantation owners had many instruments of torture. This man’s arms
and legs were pegged to the ground as he was whipped by a Black
overseer. Other enslaved Africans were forced to watch.
How would watching scenes like this affect the thinking of enslaved
Africans?
The Major Players
Using your textbooks (pages 78-83), complete the organizer by writing jot notes on the contributions each
group made to the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Try to include their major motivation for participating as well as
important terms and any significant facts.
The Dutch
The British
The Africans
Group
Description
The French
The Portuguese
The Spanish
**Your notes will be used to help you write an open book quiz based
specifically on the “Major Players” involved in the Transatlantic Slave
Trade.