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Trans Atlantic Slave Trade
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2) Conditions for the travelers were very, very harsh. Many Africans died on a journey known as the middle passage. This is when the slaves were brought from Africa to the Americas. The were about 150-500 slaves on each boat usually held below deck. They were usually tied together with rope or chain and were usually naked. Many would die from starvation, disease, being too brutally beaten, and even suicide. Some slaves would commit suicide because they thought that they would be reincarnated back to their homeland. Approximatly millions of slaves died during the middle passage. These were the conditions of the slaves when they traveled.
3) The immediate reactions of the parties involved were pretty different. The slaves were angry and sometimes tied a mutiny. The cheiftens in Africa got many goods from Europe but lost millions of people and there was a shortage of workers. The colonists gained many slaves for a long period of time but after a few generations many slaves could either but their freedom or they rebelled and ran away.
1) There were a few different motives for this interaction. The colonists needed slaves for labor. They had the native Americans but a priest named Bartolome de las casas pleaded to the government to stop the enslavry and abuse of them. In 1542 the Spanish passed the ''New Law of the Indies'', which forbade the colonists from enslaving and abusing Native Americans. After this there was a shortage of workers. Las Casas urged the colonists to get laborers from Africa because of their superior ability to farm, mine, and work with metal. Also Las Casas believed that they have immunity to tropical diseases. This is why the colonists turned to Africa for laborers.
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