Africans 1500-1700

Question 1

Why did Africans come

Answer 1

they came due to slavery and empire

Question 2

Charles II issued a Charter to set up the Company of .,…… o trade with West Africa …….. what

Answer 2

Slaves , gold and silver

Royal adventures

Question 3

Helped increase migration of merchants and sailors, but
also forced migration through slavery.

By 1730 Britain was the largest

Answer 3

Slave trader

Question 4

Some of us came as part of Catherine of Aragon’s household.

Others of us worked as divers and trumpeters for Henry VIII which names were

Answer 4

John Blanke (trumpeter)

Jacques Francis(diver for sunken ship)

Question 5

Some working as servants , the same as
other English servants- others as former slaves and especially young children as
status symbol servants of aristocrats.

by 1700 how many Africans were in Europe

Answer 5

15,000

Question 6

Jaques Francis - an expert diver is recorded helping recover goods from the Mary
Rose. However there was also a fashion for ……. families to have Black child servants

Answer 6

Wealthy

Question 7

Some were wealthy- ….. paid to gain the
freedom of York- gaining lots of rights

Answer 7

John moore

Question 8

Under Elizabeth I royal orders were written to do what to black people

Answer 8

Deport them although wasn’t enacted

Question 9

These men are being treated with respect- positive
experience –

though in case of Jaques Francis the defendant argued he should
not be allowed as a ‘slave’ but …….

Answer 9

The court rejected this