The Trans-atlantic Slave Trade

• Identify the historical origins regarding early maritime trade routes across the Atlantic Ocean.

• Analyze the complex social systems existing within West African kingdoms before European contact.

• Examine the economic shift toward large scale agricultural production in the colonial Americas.

• Describe the brutal conditions faced by enslaved people during the forced oceanic journey.

• Contrast different forms of coerced labor utilized throughout the early colonial period.

• Map the movement of goods and people between Europe, Africa, and the Americas.

• Evaluate diverse methods of resistance used by enslaved individuals against their captors.

• Assess the wealth generation provided by the slave trade for European mercantile powers.

• Analyze the destabilizing effects of the slave trade on West African political institutions.

• Examine the creation of laws that institutionalized racial slavery in the Americas.

• Trace the rise of social movements dedicated to ending the Trans-Atlantic slave trade.

• Discuss the lingering cultural influence of the slave trade on contemporary society.

• Evaluate the economic consequences of ending the slave trade for colonial nations.

• Synthesize the impact of the slave trade on the development of modern global inequality.

• Reflect upon the evolution of universal human rights after the end of slavery.