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Bell Ringer:
What product was Africa known for selling?
Triangular Trade­ triangle­shaped network of trade routes linking Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
Middle Passage­second leg of the triangular trade where slaves were transported to the Americas
­brutal conditions­chained, cramped, no place to use the bathroom, tried to rebel, diseases, suicide
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Impact of Slave Trade
­Brought in a lot of money
­Africans were brutalized
­By the end 11 million enslaved Africans had reached the Americas
­2 million died under the conditions of the Middle Passage
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Columbian Exchange­vast global exchange of plants, animals, people, and disease
­More people traveling to other parts of the world
­Others are dying due to foreign diseases
­Prices rise and so do taxes
ACE Writing­Regular
pg. 303­304
What were the conditions like in the Middle Passage?
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ACE Writing­Honors
pg. 302
Who benefited from the traffic of human slaves?
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