The Origins and Structure of Slavery

The first page outlines the fundamental aspects of slavery in America and introduces key historical figures who shaped both the Origins of the abolition movement and Black Civil Rights. The Triangle Trade System and Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade history involved the forced transportation of millions of Africans to the Americas between 1600 and 1807.

Definition: The Triangle Trade System consisted of trading routes between Britain, Africa, and the Americas, forming a triangular pattern of commerce that included the slave trade.

Highlight: An estimated 3-4 million Africans were captured and transported from the Guinea Coast to the Americas during this period.

Vocabulary:

• Abolition movement: Campaign to end slavery in the US and Great Britain
• Middle Passage: The Atlantic crossing endured by captured slaves
• Plantation: Large agricultural establishment worked by enslaved people

Example: The story of Thomas Pellow, a Cornish youth who became a Barbary slave, provides a unique perspective on the complexity of historical slavery systems.

Quote: "It is thought that as many as four million Africans were captured, transported off the Guinea Coast and sold into a life of slavery in the Americas between 1600 and 1807."