2. European Slave Trade
• European slave traders traveled to West
Africa in search of slaves.
• Europeans needed slaves to work on
huge plantations in the colonies.
• Europeans traded guns, clothes, rum
and tobacco for the slaves.
3. How did West Africans respond?
Some refused to trade
NO!
12. How were slaves sold?
Slaves were sold
in a scramble Slaves were sold
on an auction
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13. What happened the first year?
Slaves were
*Sold Given new names
Kissy or Toby
*Given Strange tools
*Beaten
*Shouted at
14. How did slaves respond to their
owners?
*Some slaves tried to run away, but were
usually caught!
*Some pretended to be sick!
*Some worked harder for better treatment!