Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Flashcards
What was Chattel Slavery?
A system of slavery in which enslaved people are dehumanized and treated like animals (cattle)
What was manumission?
The act of a slaveowner voluntarily freeing a slave which often occurred at the end of a slave owners life.
What was the “Middle Passage”
The routes that 12.5 million people forcibly were shipped across from Africa to Brazil or Caribbean.
What type of plantations did slaves primarily work on?
Cash-Crop plantations such as sugar, tobacco, and cotton
Why were African people primarily used as slaves?
They were black and easy to identify. They also weren’t Christian so it was okay to enslave them and they didn’t need to be paid. They also weren’t susceptible to diseases like the indigenous Americans.
How did Europeans get slaves?
They purchased them from African merchants. They traded things such as guns, alcohol, cotton, cloth, silver, etc.
How did African merchants get slaves?
They kidnapped people of rival African groups.
Which type of slavery discouaraged slaves from establishing stable families?
Spanish & Portuguese Slavery
What were the effects of the slave trade on Africa?
- Africa was economically stunted
- The population stayed the same opposed to growing
- Gender Imbalance - more females than males
- No investment was made in agriculture or industry
- Many Bantu kinship were distrusted and destroyed
How did African women gain power in Senegambia as a result of the slave trade?
African women would marry European merchants and control business and trade
How did African women gain power in Dahomey as a result of the slave trade?
Thousands of women were housed and educated in the royal court
How did African women gain power in Manama as a result of the slave trade?
Female rulers (Queen Nazinga) who resisted Europeans
