The horrific voyage across the Atlantic Ocean endured by enslaved Africans.

Firsthand autobiographical accounts of enslaved Africans detailing their experiences.

Overcrowded, unsanitary holding areas on the African coast where captives awaited transport.

The arrival of enslaved Africans in the Americas, including quarantine, resale, and transport.

The act of seizing Africans through raids, warfare, or kidnapping for enslavement.

The period when captured Africans were held in coastal dungeons awaiting transport on slave ships.

The social and political effort to end slavery and the slave trade.

Queen of Ndongo who resisted Portuguese slave traders in the 17th century.

A former enslaved African who wrote 'The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano,' providing a firsthand account of the slave trade.

An abolitionist and former slave, he wrote a famous slave narrative detailing his experiences and advocating for the end of slavery.

An abolitionist and former slave, she wrote 'Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl,' detailing her experiences and the sexual abuse she endured.

The first African American poet to be published, known for her poem 'On Being Brought from Africa to America'.

Cause: Economic incentives (trade for firearms), Effect: Loss of population, disrupted social structures, and hindered economic development.

Cause: Participation in the slave trade, Effect: Coastal states grew wealthy and powerful but caused insecurity in interior states.

Cause: The introduction of firearms, Effect: Increased violence and an arms race among West African kingdoms.