Slave Memorial

What is My slave memorial

• My slave memorial will have information on the 2 million slaves that died.
• Many people died on the voyage to 'The New World" via the Middle passage.
• My memorial will tell you how they died and how they were captured.
• The slaves were treated horribly, they were chained, beaten and cramped 
• They were traded for guns and manufactured guns.                           

My memorial continued.

• When you go to my memorial you will get information.
• WHY WERE  THEY CAPTURED?
• HOW WERE THEY CAPTURED?
• HOW THEY DIED?
• Europeans bribed other Africans for money to capture other Africans.

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• Most Africans died because of disease.
• Measles/small pox.
• When slaves died they were thrown off the ships for the sharks.
• Slaves were captured for trade and free labor on plantation farms.

The middle passage

• Sea journey undertaken by slave ships from West Africa to the West Indies.
• The slaves were taken into the America's through these passages.
• The Europeans took them from there homes and sold them. 

R.I.P

For the Slaves that died between

Who were the slaves

• These slaves were people from Africa.
• They worked on plantation farms for free labor.
• 12 Million slaves  were taken to America 
• However 2 million people died on the middle passage. 
• The slaves were forced to migrate to the New World.

Inscription Contin.

• The slave burial ground is marked by a memorial to honor the slaves who lived and 
• worked in"The New World". 
• The graves are unmarked and the identities and numbers of those buried 
• from the voyage to the "New World".
• 2 million people died on this voyage through harsh conditions.

Inscription

• This memorial is for the tribes that have lost their men too slavery.
• Some of these tribes were: Fulas, Wollof, Sarahules, and Mandingos.
• To these tribes I commemorate the loss and struggle of your people. 
• http://www.accessgambia.com/information/ethnc-groups-relationship-slavery.h...

This picture represents a slave ship coming to the "New World" carrying a lot of slaves for free labor.

Works cited

• Slave Trade among Ethnic Groups. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 May 2014