At the end of the 14th century, 600

years ago, Europeans started to

take people from Africa against
their will to be slaves in the
New World. About 15
million Africans were
transported to the
Americas between
1540 and 1850.
Slavery
The slaves were taken to America
by ships, chained together by their
hands and feet. A large number
of slaves died on the journey
from disease.
The New World refers to

Slaves went to America (by
themselves / of their own free
will / against their own free will)

How many Africans were
transported to America ?

What happened to the slaves on
the ships going to the
Americas ?
The New World refers to the
Americas.
Slaves went to America against
their own free will.
How many Africans were transported
to America ? About 15 million
Africans were transported to the
Americas .
What happened to the slaves on
the ships going to the Americas?
They were chained together by their
hands and feet. Many slaves died
on the journey from disease.
Living Africans Thrown Overboard
The slaves were brought to
America to work on plantations.

A plantation is a large farm.
On the plantations, the owners
grew crops, such as tobacco,
rice, sugar cane and cotton. In
order to grow these crops the
plantation owners needed
a large
workforce
of cheap labor.

1. a village
2. a community
3. a large farm
4. a farm crop
A plantation is
For most slaves, life was a
nightmare. Men, women and
children worked hard.
Slaves worked in
the fields from
sunrise to sunset
and at harvest time
they put in an
eighteen hour day.
Women worked the same hours as
men and even pregnant women
were expected to continue
working until their
child was born.
Imagine you are a slave.You are
about to be sold to another
plantation far from your family.
Describe how you feel.
22/September/1862
. . . I do order and declare that
all persons held as slaves within
said designated States and parts
of States are, and henceforward
shall be, free; and that the
Executive Government of the
United States, . . . will
recognize and maintain the
freedom of said persons. "
Emancipation Proclamation :
The famous black leader
Martin Luther King
was born in 1929. Luther King
became a religious leader after he
finished his studies and he fought
against racism and discrimination in
the United States of America.
From 1955 to 1968 King devoted
his life fighting discrimination
against Blacks in the USA.
King preached against
discrimination all over the
country, organized
demonstrations and appealed
to the courts demanding that
the laws against blacks be
abolished.

In 1968 King was
assassinated.
Blacks can only sit at
the back of the bus.
Blacks cannot live in a
white neighborhood.

Blacks may not study in white
schools.
Blacks may not eat in the same
restaurants.
his life sacrificed He
but was successful.
He changed the minds of the
people in America. White people
and black people can sit in the
same bus, can learn together and
be friends.
I still have a dream. It is a dream
deeply rooted in the American
dream.
I have a dream that one day this
nation will rise up and live out the
true meaning of its creed: We hold
these truths to be self-evident: that
all men are created equal."
I Have a Dream
I have a dream that one day on
the red hills of Georgia the sons
of former slaves and the sons of
former slave owners will be able
to sit down together at a table of
brotherhood.
I Have a Dream
I Have a Dream
In what ways did Martin Luther King try
to fight discrimination against black
people?
1. He preached against it. Y/N
2. He shot white people who
discriminated against black
people. Y/N
3. He led demonstrations. Y/N
4. He put bombs in the Senate.Y/N
Lets read an essay written by a
Chinese high-school student living
in Seattle.
A new generation
believes the Dream

By Amphay Thiraphouth
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is a
person who means a lot of things
to people. I think he represents
everyone's struggle in life.
What he means to me is my own
struggle in life.
He makes me think that no
matter if I am an Asian or not,
I can conquer anything and anybody.
No matter what color
I am, I'm still a person with
feelings and personality.
Even now racism still exists. That is
why he is known as the leader of
black rights.
His speech, "I have a dream. . ."
is so famous
because everyone
has a dream no
matter what color he is.
Amphay thinks that Dr. Martin
Luther King represents
everyone's ________in life. For
King it was not important if you
were white , black or ________.


Fill in the missing words:
struggle, person, everyone,
personality, dream, Asian
Amphay believes it is not important
what color she is. She is still a_ _
with feelings and a __________ .

Amphay thinks that Kings speech,
"I have a dream. . ." is so famous
because __________________
has a _____________no matter
what color he is.
struggle, person, everyone,
personality, dream, Asian
Amphay thinks that Dr. Martin
Luther King represents everyone's
struggle in life. For King it was
not important if you were white,
black or Asian.
Amphay believes it is not
important what color she is. She
is still a person, with feelings and a
personality.
Amphay thinks that Kings speech,
"I have a dream. . ." is so famous
because everyone has a dream
no matter what color he is.