Slave Trade Test

Question 1

Importance to British cities

Answer 1

-wealth
-employment
-trade
-expanded docks
-port cities grew in size and power
-insurance industries

Question 2

Negative impact on Caribbean

Answer 2

-natives cleared/wiped out
-uprisings caused damage and destruction
-small farms replaced by large plantations
-new diseases introduced to island
-racist attitudes to Caribbean
-economy relied on sugar plantations:(enconmy ruined)

Question 3

Methods used to discipline

Answer 3

-flogging with whip
-iron muzzles
-mutilation(cutting off nose,etc)
-beatings

Question 4

Living and working conditions on plantations

Answer 4

-work long hours 12+ at harvest time
- backbreaking work
-watched by overseers at all times flogger if not working hard/fast enough
-poor food quality(cheap)