Who Was Involved?

• Enslaved Africans taken from their homelands

• European traders and ship captains

• Plantation owners in the Americas

What Happened?

• Millions of Africans were forcibly shipped across the Atlantic in overcrowded, unsanitary conditions.

• Many died from disease, malnutrition, or abuse before reaching their destinations.

• Survivors were sold into lifelong slavery in the Americas.

Where Did It Happen?

• The Atlantic Ocean, between Africa and the Americas.

When Did It Happen?

• 1500s to 1800s, during the height of the transatlantic slave trade.

Why Is It Important?

• One of history’s greatest human rights atrocities.

• Millions of African descendants in the Americas trace their ancestry to this forced migration.

• Exposed the cruelty of slavery, fueling abolitionist movements.