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SS Unit 2 Ch 2 Vocab
Chapter 2 Vocabulary
| Definition | Term |
|---|---|
| financed several Atlantic voyages to West Africa and played a role in developing the Atlantic slave trade | Prince Henry of Portugal |
| one of the leaders of the Massachusetts Bay Colony when the first enslaved Africans arrived in Boston in 1638 | John Winthrop |
| an enslaved person who wrote of the horrors of slavery and his experience in the Middle Passage | Olaudah Equiano |
| cruel, lacking mercy | inhumane |
| areas around the equator that remain warm all year | tropical latitudes |
| goods transported by ship, plane, or truck | cargo |
| private ownership of people | chattel slavery |
| to gain possession of | procure |
| the trip across the Atlantic Ocean | Middle Passage |
| an exchange of raw materials, finished goods, and enslaved people | triangular trade |