•	Why was a cheap supply of labour needed?
•	In the new world they had an environment where they could grow the Sugar, Tobacco, Cocoa, Coffee and Cotton that people in Europe would pay very high prices for. But growing them was very labour intensive, especially sugar. It required many workers and the work was back-breaking, so the money they earned would soon have to be paid to any workers employed. So initially they used the indigenous peoples either bought or captured/imprisoned. But this was far from ideal given the likelihood of rebellion and the poor work output.

With the Portuguese trading posts already well established in West Africa which was home to a well established slave trade, it made sense to start importing slave labour. Furthermore the West Africans were well suited to the labour both by their physical attributes (of resilliance and fast-twitching muscles) and by their docile demeanor.
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•	What alternatives were there to slaves?
•	Indentured servants.
•	Why were slaves such a popular option?
•	Slavery was so popular because people didn't want to slave around all day doing work on their fields, so they got Africans to do it for them. Also they didn't have to pay for the slaves and people in their own countries wouldn't want to help and wouldn't what to do it for them. They thought the slaves were perfectly strong and healthy; so they could do their work better then them. :)
The Middle Passage
•	What was the middle passage?
•	The "middle passage' was the voyage that brought enslaved Africans to the West Indies and later to the colonies of North America.

The term Middle Passage refers to the transportation of the African people from Africa to the new world as part of the Atlantic slave trade, as it was the middle portion of the triangular trade voyage, also carrying molasses, timber and raw materials to Europe, and manufactured goods back to Africa.
•	How were slaves captured and transported?

•	What were conditions like on the slavers?
•	The slaves were usually very closely packed. On the ships the smell was so potent many people couldn't breathe under the deck. The slaves had to sleep on flat wooden surfaces, which lead to getting a cut back and head. They were offered very little food. If they tried to do anything out of line they would be flogged. Many tried to commit suicide.
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Slavery in America
•	Where did slaves mainly work?
•	They basically worked on plantations in the south, mainly harvesting cotton. They weren't payed and were treated poorly. They had to work long hours in the fields.
Cotton is hard to "purify" because you have to pull out all the individual seeds in the plant.

There were little or no slaves in the North because they opposed slavery, which is why the Civil War began
•	What were some of the experiences of slaves?
o	Negative experiences
•	Why negative?
•	Punishments?
o	Positive experiences?
•	Why positive?
•	Treated well?
Arguments about slavery
•	Arguments and positions by those which supported slavery
o	Reasons for support of slavery – Slaves didn’t have to worry about anything as they were well looked after by their owners, who needed them to be healthy in order to work.
o	 - In all social systems there must be a class to perform all the medial duties.
o	– It was said to be the best option for the Negroes, as they would become civilised and not become “idolatrous, savage and cannibal.”
o	 - Southern blacks were treated better than their free counterparts in the North.
o	 - Canaan was black. His descendants were to be slaves for eternity.
o	Individuals that supported slavery
o	 - Millie Evans
o	 - James Henry Hammond
o	 - George Fitzhugh
o	 - White people
o	 - The Bible
o	1-2 quotes
•	Arguments and positions by those that wanted slavery abolished
o	Reasons for wanting slavery abolished
o	 - Every man has the right to be equal with every other man”. Freedom for all.
o	 - Punishments of the slaves were harsh and unjust. “He does not tell me what wrong I have done.”
o	 - Not fed well as a slave
o	 - Bad living conditions, accused of doing things they didn’t do.
o	Individuals that supported slavery
o	 - Abraham Lincoln
o	 - Jacob Stroyer
o	 -Charles Ball
o	 - Francis Henderson.
o	1-2 quotes