Slavery Flashcards
What happened in the slave trade triangle?
Textiles,rum and manufactured goods were sent to Africa from Britain.
Slaves were sent to America from West Africa.
Sugar tobacco and cotton were sent to Europe fro North America and the West Indies.
What was the voyage from Africa to the Americas called?
The Middle Passage
What was the most dangerous part of the journey in the slave trade?
The middle passage
What did the Ashanti people do?
The Asante people would enslave people that broke tribal laws. Prisoners of war would be sold to Europeans.
What did African traders or tribal chiefs do?
They caught slaves and exchanged them with Europeans at slave ports
Where were captured slaves held?
Captured slaves were often held in slave factories, built by the British or other Europeans. They were heavily fortified to prevent attacks and provided jobs for locals.
Why were the slaves heads shaved?
To prevent the spread of lice
What is a tribe?
A tribe is a group of people connected to each other, who share a common ancestry and culture.
Did people in Africa benefit from the slave trade?
Some people did benefit from the slave trade but the majority suffered.
Were all slaves treated the same?
No some slaves were treated better than others.
What negative impacts did the slave trade have on Africa?
Tribal warfare increased
The youngest men and women were lost (stolen) and the population became imbalanced
Farming was negatively impacted as farms were to far away from the village to be safe from slave traders
Racism increased (racist propaganda was used to justify slavery)
Deadly diseases spread
What positive effects did the slave trade have on Africa?
Some states used slavery to become more powerful by trading their own slaves for the resources they wanted. Some raided villages to capture slaves to sell. Some transport improved for slaves and goods.
How many people are estimated to of been taken from Africa to the Americas as slaves?
Around 12 million
How many people are estimated to of died on the journey or on their way to the coast to get on ships?
Around 6 million
Name a disease that often killed slaves kept near rivers.
Malaria
How did slavery create famine?
Young people were often taken as slaves and this left few people to grow food
What happened to land when slaves were taken?
There weren’t enough people to grow crops so land was left uncultivated
What was there impact on war?
The slave trade encouraged war between tribes. The demand for slaves led to violence and hatred between African communities.
What happened with racism?
People who supported the slave trade made propaganda to make people think Africans were less important than people who were white.
What was the voyage from west Africa to the West Indies called?
The middle passage, and it was the most brutal part of the slave trade
What happened to the slaves after the slave factories?
The slaves were carried on canoes to the slave ships, their possessions were taken away from them and their heads were shaven.