Slave Trade

2. A large farm in the Americas used for growing cash crops like sugar and tobacco, where enslaved people were forced to work.
3. A person or business owner who made a living by buying and selling goods involved in the slave trade.
6. A public sale where enslaved people were sold to the highest bidder like livestock.
8. A serious health condition suffered by many captive Africans due to the poor quality and tiny amounts of food provided on the ships.
12. A severe stomach disease caused by dirty water and terrible hygiene that killed many people on board the slave ships.
13. A chaotic type of sale where buyers paid a fixed price upfront, then rushed into an enclosure to grab whoever they wanted.
15. Actions taken by enslaved people to fight back against their captors, including hunger strikes and ship revolts.

1. The cruel method of crowding as many enslaved people onto a ship as possible to maximize profit, leaving almost no room to move.
4. Valued items grown on plantations—such as sugar, cotton, and tobacco—to be sold back to Europe for profit.
5. Goods made in European factories (like guns, cloth, and iron) that were traded for captured people in West Africa.
7. The shape of the three-stage trading route between Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
9. The terrifying second leg of the triangular journey, crossing the Atlantic Ocean from Africa to the Americas.
10. The humiliating process where buyers poked, prodded, and examined enslaved people's muscles, teeth, and skin before buying.
11. The heartbreaking result of slave auctions, where families were torn apart and sold to different owners, never to see each other again.
14. The cruel practice of burning a hot iron mark into the skin of an enslaved person to show who owned them.