Effect of the slave trade on Africa Flashcards
Did Europeans introduce slavery to Africa?
No, slavery had existed in Africa, but not as violent as the European slave trade
How did the Atlantic Slave Trade start?
Portuguese traders saw Africans trading slaves and decided to join in.
Why did Portuguese traders want to buy African slaves?
They needed workers for their sugar plantations in the West Indies.
What part did Africans play in the Atlantic Slave Trade?
A) they were slaves b) Some tribes would supply Europeans with slaves
How would some African tribes get slaves to sell to Europeans?
They captured slaves from other tribes, sold criminals, or took prisoners of war to sell to Europeans.
How many slaves were taken to the Caribbean by the Atlantic Slave Trade?
12 million
How many slaves died before they reached the Caribbean?
About 6 million
What effect did the Atlantic Slave Trade have on Africa’s population?
The 1850 population would have been 50m instead of only 25m
How did the Atlantic Slave Trade lead to health problems in Africa?
fewer healthy young people were there to grow crops, which led to famine. Also, moving people across the continent meant that disease spread more easily.
What good thing did the slave trade do for Africa’s development?
Improved transport links as a way to get slaves to the coast more easily.
What bad things did the slave trade do for Africa’s development
Lots of good farm land wasn’t improved or used because there were not enough people to farm it.
How did the slave trade lead to more conflict in Africa?
Tribes would fight each other and capture their enemies to sell as slaves. More demand for slaves led to more conflict.
How did the slave trade encourage racism towards Africans?
Traders spread propaganda about Africans to make it more acceptable to enslave them.
What sort of propaganda would slave traders spread about Africans?
They were cannibals, wild, uncivilised, ignorant, uneducated, savage, not-Christians.
