The slave trade began when Europeans wanted to expand their empires into the New World, but the one thing that they needed most was laborers to help them achieve their goals.- During this time, the Triangular Trade also took place.
- The first stage of the Triangular Trade was Europe taking manufactured goods, such as tobacco, cloth, metal goods and guns, to Africa. Those imported goods were traded for African slaves.
- The second stage of the Triangular Trade was shipping these slaves to the Americas.
- The third stage of the Triangular Trade was sailing back to Europe with newly produced goods made by working slaves on plantations.
- The slave trade was when slaves from Africa were sent to the New World in ships controlled by European whites.
- Most slaves were taken against their will.
- Slaves in these slave ships traveled across the Atlantic Ocean in cramped places.
- Slaves who disobeyed the European sailors would be whipped, shot, or severely injured in other ways.
- Slaves were cramped into small and unsanitary spaces on the slave ships. This made it easier for diseases to spread.
- Sailors would force slaves to dance for exercise.
- Slaves would try to end their nightmare by either trying to starve themselves, which didn't work so well since slave traders would force-feed them, or by simply jumping off the ship.
- About six million slaves were brought to the Americas during the slave trade.
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