What was the trans-Atlantic slave trade? When did it occur? Who participated? Why? To find out, go to:
  - Document 1

When and how did Europeans begin enslaving Africans? See PBS's "Elmina Castle, Trading Outpost and 'Slave Factory'" at:
  - Document 2

What was life like for those unfortunate Africans captured and enslaved by Europeans? How did they survive the slave ship and the Middle Passage? What was life like aboard these slave ships? To find out, go to PBS's "The African Slave Trade and the Middle Passage":
  - Document 3a         - Document 3b         - Document 3c

Africans who became ill during the voyage were murdered by their captors. Why? Find out at:
  - Document 4

What was it like to be captured and enslaved? Follow the terrible journey of Olaudah Equiano, an eleven-year-old boy who was captured, enslaved, and shipped to America by linking to portions of his narrative at:
  - Document 5a         - Document 5b         - Document 5c

Look at a map of trans-Atlantic slave trade routes at:
  - Image 1

Consider the slave trade as a component of the North Atlantic trade triangle by linking to:
  - Image 2

For a picture of African captives yoked in pairs, prior to their shipment to the New World, go to:
  - Image 3

Link to a picture of Africans being thrown overboard to their deaths by slave-ship crews:
  - Image 4

See a picture of the first slaves arriving in Jamestown aboard Dutch ship at:
  - Image 5