Crash Course World History Episode #24:
The Atlantic Slave Trade
1) How many slaves were forcibly moved to the Americas from 1500-1880?
10-12 million
2) What percentage of those transported died on the trip?
15%
3) When did the first European slave trade really begin?
After the 4th crusades.
4) What is slavery an early byproduct of?
A consumer culture
5) How did Europeans really obtain slaves?
Trading from them
6) How were slaves viewed
An economic commodity
7) What was the average amount of square feet that a slave had on a ship?
4 Square feet
8) What types of work did slaves complete?
Housework, skilled craft, sailors, agricultural laborers, & more.
9) What was the average age of a Brazilian sugar plantation slave?
23 years
10) What is the term historians use to indicate that slaves were movable
property?
Cattle slavery
The Atlantic Slave Trade
1) How many slaves were forcibly moved to the Americas from 1500-1880?
10-12 million
2) What percentage of those transported died on the trip?
15%
3) When did the first European slave trade really begin?
After the 4th crusades.
4) What is slavery an early byproduct of?
A consumer culture
5) How did Europeans really obtain slaves?
Trading from them
6) How were slaves viewed
An economic commodity
7) What was the average amount of square feet that a slave had on a ship?
4 Square feet
8) What types of work did slaves complete?
Housework, skilled craft, sailors, agricultural laborers, & more.
9) What was the average age of a Brazilian sugar plantation slave?
23 years
10) What is the term historians use to indicate that slaves were movable
property?
Cattle slavery
