Importation of slaves

Question 1

Slaves came from

Answer 1

Senegal and Niger river area

Question 2

Slaves were seized by

Answer 2

Other Africans in exchange for goods (e.g guns)
White people didn’t enter the African interior - would be attacked/susceptible to disease

Question 3

Captives were

Answer 3

Roped together by the neck
Marched 100s of miles to the east coast
Held in pens/holding areas until group was large enough to be profitable

Question 4

Middle passage

Answer 4

Journey on the ships
5000 miles across Atlantic
200 men, women and children per journey
1 in 6 died

Question 5

Loose packing of slaves

Answer 5

Lying on their backs on the journey over

Question 6

Tight packing of slaves

Answer 6

Lying on their sides on the journey over
Meant more slaves were able to be on the ship

Question 7

Vast majority of slave trade conducted

Answer 7

In the Caribbean and South America (in sugar plantations)
Only 4% were directly shipped to British colonies

Question 8

Between 1492 and 1770

Answer 8

More Africans arrived in the new world than European settlers

Question 9

End of international slave trade in US

Answer 9

1808
Act Prohibiting the Importation of Slaves
Became illegal to import slaves from Africa (could still trade within the US)

Question 10

Average African American can

Answer 10

Trace their roots back to 1770

Question 11

Euro-Americans can

Answer 11

Trace their roots back to the 19thC (1800s)