3.2 A world economy: The VOC and WIC (part 2/2)

3.2 A world economy: The VOC and WIC (part 2/2)
Transatlantic slavery
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This lesson contains 30 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 3 videos.

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3.2 A world economy: The VOC and WIC (part 2/2)
Transatlantic slavery

Slide 1 - Slide

Goals for this lesson 
At the end of this lesson you...
  • understand why the WIC was established.
  • understand what role the WIC played in the slave trade.
  • understand how the triangular trade worked.

Slide 2 - Slide

Below are two statements:
I. The VOC was allowed to hire an army.
II. The VOC had a monopoly on the spice trade in East Asia.
A
Both are true
B
Both are false
C
I = true; II = false
D
I = false; II = true

Slide 3 - Quiz

The VOC was a multinational. What does that mean?

Slide 4 - Open question

3.2 A world economy: The VOC and WIC (part 2/2)
Transatlantic slavery

Slide 5 - Slide

What kind of image do we have of slavery?

Slide 6 - Mind map

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Slide 7 - Video

00:36
Which countries are Dutch leaders visiting, and why?

Slide 8 - Open question

01:41
What does Jennifer Tosh say about the Dutch role in slavery?

Slide 9 - Open question

02:48
Why does Jennifer Tosh think the apology is just the beginning?

Slide 10 - Open question

03:26
What does the prime minister mean when he says, “This is not a full stop, but a comma”?

Slide 11 - Open question

05:40
How do people whose families were enslaved feel about the apology?

Slide 12 - Open question

00:00
Why did the Dutch prime minister say sorry for slavery?

Slide 13 - Open question

Questions
1. What did the Dutch Prime Minister say sorry for?
2. Who were the people the Dutch enslaved?
3. Do we have to apologize for what happened centuries ago?


Slide 14 - Slide

Colonisation of the Americas (the west)
  • Spain and Portugal were the dominant powers in the Americas. 
  • The Dutch also wanted a share of the Americas.

Slide 15 - Slide

Dutch colonisation of the West Indies
  • 1621: Dutch West-India Company
  • Monopoly on trade with North and South America.
  • Privateering was also allowed > hijacking Spanish and Portuguese ships > capturing the Silver Fleet (14 billion euros in today's money) 

Slide 16 - Slide

WIC (1621)
  • West India Company
  • Traded African slaves, sugar, tea, tobacco and weopons.

Slide 17 - Slide

Slide 18 - Slide

Fort Elmina (modern day Ghana)

Slide 19 - Slide

Slide 20 - Video

Slide 21 - Slide

Slide 22 - Slide

What do you know about Africa before the Europeans came?

Slide 23 - Mind map

  • What do you see?
  • What are the people wearing?
  • What does it tell you about this society?
Africa before the Europeans came
I see… / They are wearing… / It looks like… / I think they are rich because…
  • What do the buildings and people tell you about life here?  

Slide 24 - Slide

Africa before the Europeans came
  • There were rich kingdoms in Africa (like Mali and Ghana).
  • People traded with Asia and the Middle East.
  • They built stone houses and big cities.
  • Many people were Muslim.
  • There was no private land: land belonged to the community.
  • Slavery already existed, but was different from later European slavery.

Slide 25 - Slide

WIC - Triangular trade

Slide 26 - Slide

Slaves
Sugar, cotton & tobacco
Weapons & textiles

Slide 27 - Drag question

Dutch slave trade
  •  About 600.000 Africans were transported and sold into slavery by the Dutch.
  • Curaçao was the central hub for the Dutch slave trade.
  • In 1863 (or 1873) slavery was abolished in the Dutch colonies.

Slide 28 - Slide

Slide 29 - Video

Slide 30 - Link