The Transatlantic Slave Trade In America
The Transatlantic Slave Trade is the forced transportation of African men, women, and children to America. They faced cruel and brutal enslavement. Trade was very popular due to people’s greed for gold. The creation of ever-larger sugar plantations and the introduction of other crops such as indigo, rice, tobacco, coffee, cocoa, and cotton would lead to the displacement of an estimated seven million Africans between 1650 and 1807. War, slave raiding, kidnapping, and politico-religious struggle accounted for the vast majority of Africans deported to the Americas. Several important wars resulted in massive enslavement, including the export of prisoners across the Atlantic, the ransoming of others, and the use of enslavement within Africa itself.
The middle passage and the suppression became very interesting in this museum.
The Middle Passage is also referred to as the Africa-Americas part of the voyage. Over 30,000 voyages from Africa to the Americas have been documented. It could last from one to three months and transport up to 350 people, but most held up to 800 people on the ships. Slaves were not identified as people. Captains often threw the sick overboard for insurance purposes. The Middle Passage experience provided Africans with opportunities to draw on their collective heritage to make themselves a new people. Article I, Section 9, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution (1787) stipulated that "The Migration or Importation of such Persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the Year one thousand eight hundred and eight, but a Tax or duty may be imposed on such Importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each Person." slave trade was banned in 1808 but continued until 1860. Because authorities would not enforce the law, slave trade became punishable by death.
The middle passage and the suppression became very interesting in this museum.
The Middle Passage is also referred to as the Africa-Americas part of the voyage. Over 30,000 voyages from Africa to the Americas have been documented. It could last from one to three months and transport up to 350 people, but most held up to 800 people on the ships. Slaves were not identified as people. Captains often threw the sick overboard for insurance purposes. The Middle Passage experience provided Africans with opportunities to draw on their collective heritage to make themselves a new people. Article I, Section 9, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution (1787) stipulated that "The Migration or Importation of such Persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the Year one thousand eight hundred and eight, but a Tax or duty may be imposed on such Importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each Person." slave trade was banned in 1808 but continued until 1860. Because authorities would not enforce the law, slave trade became punishable by death.