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West Africa and the Transatlantic Slave Trade

Virginia SOL USI.4

Understand the impact of the Western Hemisphere on West Africa and the Transatlantic Slave Trade.

Study USI.4 with SOL PrepBack to Grade 5 - United States History to 1865

What students need to be able to do

  • Identify the location and characteristics of West African societies of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai before European exploration.
  • Examine the arrival of the first Africans to colonial America at Old Point Comfort (Fort Monroe).
  • Explain the Transatlantic Slave Trade and its impact on the African coast and the Western Hemisphere.
  • Identify cultural connections, conflicts, and common values of enslaved people in the Western Hemisphere.
  • Understand challenges and hardships endured by enslaved people brought to colonial America.