Slavery

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/slavery

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the estimated number of africans displaced?Approximately 10-12 million people were forcibly transported during the transatlantic slave trade
2. What is the primary economic driver?Fueled plantation economies in the Americas, particularly for sugar, tobacco, and cotton
3. Why did ancient societies use slavery?Ancient societies like Rome and Greece used slave labor for farming, mining, and household work because it was cheaper and helped grow their economies.
4. How did the transatlantic slave trade affect people?The transatlantic slave trade moved about 10-12 million Africans to the Americas from the 15th to 19th centuries, where they worked on plantations that made sugar, tobacco, and cotton.

Chattel Slavery: A system where enslaved people are treated as personal property that can be bought, sold, or inherited.
Transatlantic Slave Trade: The forced migration of millions of Africans to the Americas for enslaved labor from the 15th to 19th centuries.
Abolitionism: The historical movement to end slavery, characterized by moral, political, and social activism.