Life For Slaves

Question 1

What punishment would a slave get for running away?

Answer 1

Severe whipping
Foot chopped off
Testicles chopped off

Question 2

What ports did the British set sail on, to then go to Africa?

Answer 2

Bristol

Liverpool

Question 3

What goods did the British trade with the locals for slaves?

Answer 3

Guns
Cloth
Brandy

Question 4

The average life expectancy of a slave would be?

Answer 4

26

Question 5

What disease was common among slaves?

Answer 5

Small pox

Question 6

How were slaves sold?

Answer 6

They were sold at auction - in the West Indies, it was known as the ‘scramble’

Question 7

In what country was the first successful slave rebellion?

Answer 7

Haiti (St Dominique)

Question 8

Slaves were often given this food in meals at a plantation?

Answer 8

Yam

Question 9

Slaves names would be changed by their master, why?

Answer 9

To remove any thoughts of their home and running away.

Question 10

Name of journey from West Africa and the Americas

Answer 10

Middle Passage

Question 11

How many slaves altogether?

Answer 11

12 million

Question 12

What proportion of slaves were transported by British ships?

Answer 12

1/4

Question 13

What enabled British slave traders to sell slaves to the Spanish?

Answer 13

Treaty of Utrecht

Question 14

What were the rebellions in Jamaica called?

Answer 14

Maroons

Question 15

When was slavery abolished in the British Empire?

Answer 15

1807

Question 16

What person is associated with the abolition of slavery?

Answer 16

William Wilberforce

Question 17

How long did Britain take part in The slave trade

Answer 17

Over 200 years

Question 18

In Africa, the slaves were marched to the coast in chained lines called

Answer 18

Coffles

Question 19

In Africa, slaves were held in prisons called

Answer 19

Factories

Question 20

For British slave traders, the three-legged journey was called

Answer 20

The triangular trade

Question 21

What goods did the slave traders take back to England?

Answer 21

Rum and sugar

Question 22

What was the purpose of the Royal Africa Company?

Answer 22

To trade African slaves to the sugar plantations of the West Indies.

Question 23

Who started the slave trade?

Answer 23

Portuguese and Spanish

Question 24

When did British sailors become involved in the slave trade?

Answer 24

16th century

Question 25

Who started the letter writing campaign in England against the slave trade?

Answer 25

A group of Black Britons called ‘Sons of Africa’

Question 26

What was the typical working week on the plantation?

Answer 26

10 hours a day, 6 days a week. Off on the Sabbath

Question 27

The abolition of slave trade was in 1807 but when was slavery stopped?

Answer 27

1833