Slave, trade Flashcards
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Trade triangle
European ships transported manufactured goods to Africa, e.g. guns, hardware and cloth.
These goods were traded for enslaved Africans, who were then transported to America and the Caribbean.
Slaves grew raw materials, e.g. sugar, cotton, and tobacco
Plantation
A large farm or states where one main crop was grown by slave, Africans.
Mostly grew sugar, cotton and tobacco
The middle passage
The second stage of the trade triangle Africans were transported to America and the Caribbean
Countries involved in slavery
British Portuguese Dutch, Spanish, Danish and French 
Abolition
 Banning or getting rid of something
White abolitionists
Granville, sharp
A lawyer who set up the abolition committee.
William Wilberforce.
MP, who brought the abolition built apartment every year between 1790 and 1806
Thomas Clarkson.
Campaigner, who told people about the horrors of slavery
The abolition committee
A group of influential men in Britain that campaigns to the end of slave trade
During the middle passage
10 to 20% of enslaved Africans died on the voyage.
Densely packed on the ships and chained together
Poor hygiene on ships, led to many illnesses
During the voyage of the Zong, 133 sick, slaves were thrown overboard
On arrival in the Americas
Would be sold by auction to plantation owners
on Plantations 
Field slaves
Would carry out of manual labour, such as harvesting crops, and crushing and boiling sugar
Domestic slaves
Would work in the owners house.
Boycott
To stop buying goods, public awareness, caused a sugar boycott