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Slavery In The American Colonies

// __The Triangle Trade and the Middle Passage__ // The Triangle Trade was a route that started in Europe. Slaves were loaded onto ships on the west coast of Africa and then made the middle passage to the Americas. The Middle Passage was a voyage from the African Coast to the Americas. Many Africans were killed on the voyage due to harsh living conditions that brought disease. They would typically be treated bettere torwards the end of the journey to prepare them for sale. Slavery was brought to the United States by Europe. The slave traders would take Africans from there land using the help of other tribes; the white traders would bring cloth and weapons in exchange for the help of niebering tribe. Everyone that was not eligible to be a slave would be killed. Then they would go on a long journey to the coast without common necessities. When they arrived they would be loaded into ships like cattle and would be cramped in unsanitary coditions. Slavery expanded to meet the growing needs and profitability of the plantation system in the American Colonies and the triangle trade was how it expanded. // __Conditions For Slaves__ Slaves were treated very poorly and had horrible living conditions. Africans were often treated like cattle during the crossing. The heat on the ships was unbearable and the air was nearly unbreathable. Men were often chained in pairs, shackled wrist to wrist or ankle to ankle. People were crowded together, forced to lie in each others urine, feces, and sometimes blood. Diseases such as smallpox and yellow fever spread like wildfire. The diseased were thrown overboard to prevent wholesale epidemics. To the slave owners, slaves were just a bunch of animals.

__Plantations__ The Spanish made large farms called plantations which needed many workers. The Native Americans could easily run away, so they found another source, Africa. The Spanish brought many slaves to the new world to work on their plantations. Before long the African slaves worked up and down the coast with many different jobs from servants to field workers. Whatever job you had on the plantation, you could rest assured that it would be a difficult one. //