What is freedom?
In year 5 we have been learning about freedom we had to write in our big Question book what Freedom means what do you think freedom means
The Atlantic Slave Trade- By Usman
The Atlantic Slave Trade (also known as the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade) was the trading mainly of African people. They were sent to the colonies of the New World 
that occured took place in and around the Atlantic Ocean. It lasted from the 16th to the 19th centuries meaning it lasted for nearly 4 centuries. Most imprisoned people were shipped from West and Central Africa and taken to North and South America. They were sent to America to work as unpaid labor on sugar, coffee, cocoa and cotten farms, in gold and silver mines, in rice fields or in houses to work as servants. The shippers were:
- The Portuguese
- The Brazilians
- The English
- The French
- The Spanish
- The Dutch
- The North Americans
Most modern historians estimate that between 9.4 and 12 million Africans arrived in America although the number of people taken from their farmhouse was considerably more.
The slave trade is sometimes called the Maafa, by African and African-American researchers, meaning “great disaster” in Swahili. Slavery involved four continents, four centuries and millions of people.
Most people died on the cargo ships because they were all cramped together and they could’ve spread a flu or a disease which could’ve been easy to spread. Later on they seperated the slaves so they got some space to breathe properly.
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1. thaiger | January 17th, 2010 at 8:26 pm
african slavery
african slavery was about 300yrs ago away from there familes to work , in white people,s fields. some slaves got a brake if the master was kind but some slaves didnt they worked from people from africa got took dawn till night , they didnt get no sleep even if they were exsorsted before they were on a ship chaned to the floor or sat up swaying over the waves made some seasick or frowup they were treated badley,they were forced to eat left overs. because at the beggining of the week, they were given rashens of pork fat and rice and a bit of water some slaves were aloud to go fishing and slaves were punished for not doing there work or for nothing they will get whipped
also some slaves were hung with a huck hucked under ther ribs and left to die
2. mwoods | January 17th, 2010 at 10:49 pm
Great independent research Thaiger, you are already ahead of the game well done. You will be finding lots more out in class AND on our trip to Liverpool after the half term break-Keep up the good work!
3. thaiger | February 10th, 2010 at 12:18 pm
thankyou i dident reaserch it i did my self heehee i had some help from my mom
4. Amy Sniadek | March 10th, 2010 at 7:28 am
Freedom is being able to do what you want whe you want, in the right way.
Also it meens not being forced to have a job you DON’T want!
There is alot more.