What is Slave Trade?John Hawkins and Queen Elizabeth I.
Welcome to my ship!My name is John Hawkins,I'm a slave trader, and the Queen Elizabeth I is my business partner.In other words, I get people, and then sell them to others in America's farms for work.Slave trade is quite profitable, I have made my fortune from it.
What is a slave?Where the journey begins and ends?
First, I go to Africa, and exchange goods like wool, clothes and chains for black people.Then, I cross the Atlantic Ocean, and sell the black people in America.Finally, I come back with cotton, rum and raw materials to sell them in England.
Well, let me tell you. A slave is a person who is sold to someone else to be a property, losing all kind of freedom and rights.
The person is also forced to work hard without any payment in return, and has to obey and do whatever the owner wants.
Trading in Africa.
I have wool, clothes and corn.What do you have for me?
We captured these men, they are criminals. You can take them in return.
Everybody on board!
Welcome everybody!Let's go to America!
Traveling for the Middle Passage.Crossing the Atlantic Ocean to America.