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African Slave Trade
Ideal for Grades: 6 - 9
Duration: Five, 12-minute episodes
Closed Captioned
©General Learning
The bringing of West African slaves to the Americas had a profound influence on the New World. The slave trade took on different dimensions
depending on the purpose for which the slaves were to be used.
Captain Bill Pinkney explores the social and economic conditions in Africa that led up the transatlantic slave trade, the slaves’ journey
to the Americas and what they found when they arrived at three different locations...Brazil, South Carolina and Montreal Canada.
Produced on location in Africa and the Americas, Captain Pinkney brings the unique vision of a Black Sea captain tracing the paths taken
by his ancestors.
Rights granted with purchase include: a) life of media audiovisual use, b) public performance, c) campus or building closed
circuit and digital/video-on-demand transmission.
Click on the individual episode details below to learn more and view the Teacher's Guide for each episode.
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The need for cheap labor in the Americas expanded the practice of slavery.
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The journey to the Americas was frightening and dangerous for Africans caught in the slave trade.
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Africans were first brought to Brazil early in the sixteenth century.
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Slaves were processed in the Caribbean on the way to South Carolina.
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Slavery in Canada began in the 1600’s and was abolished in 1833.
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