Slavery GPT Flashcards
(20 cards)
What name is given to the slave trade between Britain, West Africa and the Americas?
Triangle Trade
Name three manufactured goods that Britain traded as part of the Slave Trade.
Guns, Textiles, alcohol, Metal goods, Glass goods
What name is given to the part of the slave trade when slaves were taken across the Atlantic Ocean?
The Middle Passage
Describe three ways in which conditions for slaves were horrific.
Overcrowding, disease, abuse
What name is given to the events when slaves were sold in the Americas?
Slave auctions
What name is given to the slave sale event when a set price was set and farmers grabbed the slaves?
Scramble
What name is given to the large farms where many slaves worked in the Americas?
Plantations
What name is given to the process when slaves had their owner’s initials burned into their skin?
Branding
Name three crops that slaves helped to grow in the Americas
Sugar, tobacco, cotton
Name two places where there were rebellions led by slaves.
Haiti, Jamaica
Name two slaves or former slaves who led rebellions against slavery.
Toussaint Louverture, Harriet Tubman
Name the former slave who travelled across Britain campaigning against slavery and wrote a book.
Olaudah Equiano
In which year did Britain ban the slave trade?
1807
In which year did Britain ban the ownership of slaves?
1833
How much compensation was paid to slave owners when slavery was banned?
£20 million
State three arguments presented in favour of continuing the slave trade.
Economic benefits, racism, belief that slaves were property
By what name were anti-slavery campaigners known?
Abolitionists
Which anti-slavery campaigner travelled across Britain collecting slave-related artefacts?
Thomas Clarkson
Name the ship that was used by anti-slavery campaigners as evidence of the cruel conditions on board.
The Brookes
Name the anti-slavery campaigner who led a boycott of sugar in an effort to end slavery.
William Wilberforce
