Impact On Africa - Slave Trade

Question 1

Slave trade impact on Africa - Racism

Answer 1

•The propaganda used by supporters of the slave trade meant that racist ideas about African inferiority lasted years

Question 2

Slave trades impact on Africa - Land

Answer 2

•An awful lot of good land was left uncultivated because there were not enough young, healthy people to farm it

Question 3

Slave trades impact on Africa - Development

Answer 3

•The movement of enslaved people and trading goods helped to improve transport networks to the coast
•Slavery also led to improvements in farming

Question 4

Slave trades impact on Africa - Population

Answer 4

•If there was no slave trade the population in Africa in 1850 would have been 50 million instead of 25 million

Question 5

Slave trades impact on Africa - Conflict

Answer 5

•The slave trade encouraged conflict between tribes, most of the enslaved Africans soldiers to Europeans were prisoners of war
•The demand for more and more enslaved people key to increased violence and hatred between communities in Africa