Curated OER
Etc: Maps Etc: Post Wwi Central and Southern Africa, 1920
A map of central and southern Africa in 1920 showing colonial possessions of the British, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Belgians, including the former German colonies, lost after WWI, to French and British control per the...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Rainfall in Africa, 1910
A map showing area precipitation and the direction and effects of wind currents on the African continent, including the desert regions in the trade wind and horse latitude belts, and the region of heavy rainfall in the belt of calms.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Economic Map of Africa, 1915
A map from 1915 of Africa and Madagascar showing the principal economic products of the area. The map is keyed to show areas of production for rubber, gum arabic, dates, cotton, gold, ivory, and cattle breeding. Other products are named...
Curated OER
Bbc News: Focus on the Slave Trade
BBC News offers a short summary of the slave trade from Africa to the Americas. Gives statistics on the number of slaves (estimated at 10 to 28 million), where they went, and the cruel conditions of their enslavement.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Bridging World History: Early Global Commodities
This unit examines globalization from its true origins rooted in China's desire for silver and in Spain's conquest of mines in America.
Understanding Slavery Initiative
Understanding Slavery Initiative: Emancipation
Although the British Parliament passed the Abolition of Slavery Act in August 1833, the trade continued, and for many years there were exceptions to abolition. Learn how the British government attempted to prevent the slave trade from...
Understanding Slavery Initiative
Understanding Slavery Initiative: Legacies
Learn how the legacies left by the transatlantic slave trade made a huge impact on the development of Africa and on global notions of race and cultural identity.
The History Cat
The History Cat: Mansa Musa & the Kingdom of Mali
A description of the important gold and salt trade that went on in Northern Africa for hundreds of years. Goes on to detail the emergence of Timbuktu in Mali into a great center of Islamic scholarship and culture under Mansa Musa, who...
Other
Utalii Travel & Safari: Kilwa Kisiwani Ancient Ruins
This site provides an extensive description of the ancient city of Kilwa, the oldest city in Eastern Africa.
Other
Silk Road: History of the Silk Road: The Belt and Road Initiative
The Silk Road was a network of trade routes connecting the East and the West in ancient and Medieval times. The term is used for both overland routes and those that are marine or limnic. The Silk Road involved three continents: Europe,...
The History Cat
The History Cat: Age of Exploration: The Columbian Exchange
A fascinating look at the exchanges that took place around the world after the Americas were discovered. This covered the gamut from diseases which wiped out 90% of the native peoples in North and South America, to farm animals, tools,...
Digital History
Digital History: Slavery and Spanish Colonization
Read about the slave trade and use of slaves in agriculture and mining in Spanish America in the New World. Find out why it was expedient to use African slaves.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: African Americans in the British New World: The Middle Passage
A description of the Middle Passage, the leg of the triangular trade that brought slaves from Africa to America. Read descriptions of the way slaves were transported in the ships across the ocean.
Travel Document Systems
Tds: Namibia: Economy
Read about Namibia's attempts to diversify its economy to bring greater wealth to its citizens and decrease its dependence on South Africa. Information is from the U.S. State Dept. Background Notes.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: West African Society at the Point of European Contact
Prior to European contact, western Africa's powerful kingdoms supported the arts, technology, and thriving economies. Read about the areas from which slaves were transported before the transatlantic trade began.
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: African Writers and Black Thought in 18th Century Britain
This article describes how four writers, taken from Africa as children and sold into slavery, grew up to write works that challenged British ideas about race, called for African brotherhood, and demanded the abolition of the slave trade.
BBC
Bbc History: British History: Empire: British Slaves on the Barbary Coast
A fascinating article examining the issue of white Europeans who ended up being sold or kidnapped into slavery in North Africa during the 17th century. Archived.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Book Pairings: "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad
In the novel "Heart of Darkness," Marlow travels up the Congo River on behalf of a Belgian trading company. Once he is far upriver he encounters the mysterious Kurtz, a man who has set himself up as a god amongst the natives. Selected...
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Dahomey
Extremely brief Britannica.com article about Dahomey, a kingdom in western Africa the flourished because of the slave trade.
National Museums Liverpool
International Slavery Museum: Slaves' Stories
An intriguing resource that gives first hand accounts of four Africans being taken from their homes and forced into slavery. Click on the pictures of the people to read their unbelievable stories and see artifacts about slavery.
University of Calgary
University of Calgary: Ming Dynasty's Maritime History
This site provides a discussion from the University of Calgary of the extensive maritime voyages taken during the Ming dynasty. A map is included.
PBS
Pbs: Africans in America: Part 1: The Growth of Slavery in North America
Focuses on slavery in North America, the worry about uprisings, and slavery's economic impact. Links to related information.
Boise State University
Boise State University: The Punic Wars: Carthage
A description of Carthage and its economic importance in the ancient world.
The History Cat
The History Cat: Vasco De Gama
Vasco da Gama (this is the accepted spelling) was a Portuguese explorer from the 15th and 16th centuries who established the first trade route to India that went around the southern tip of Africa. Read about his life, his...
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