MEP4 The Impact Of The Slave Trade On Britain

Question 1

What were some of the jobs involved in the slave trade?

Answer 1

• investors
• monarchy
• shipbuilders and ship owners
• bankers
• dockworkers
• textile workers
• shop owners

Question 2

What role did investors play in the slave trade?

Answer 2

Many people, including monarchs Elizabeth I and Charles II, gave money and resources to help individuals with the slave trade

Question 3

How was the monarchy involved in the slave trade?

Answer 3

• Charles II was a partner in the Royal African Company which transported around 60,000 slaves between 1680 and 1688
• many of the slaves were branded with DY - the Duke of York, the future James II

Question 4

How were the shipbuilders and ship owners involved in the slave trade?

Answer 4

Lent ships to be used in the slave trade

Question 5

How were bankers involved in the slave trade?

Answer 5

Lent money to traders

Question 6

How were dockworkers involved in the slave trade?

Answer 6

Unloaded ships full of cotton that slaves had grown

Question 7

How were textile workers involved in the slave trade?

Answer 7

They turned the cotton grown on plantations into shirts

Question 8

How were shop owners involved in the slave trade?

Answer 8

They sold sugar and tobacco from the plantations

Question 9

What were the economic benefits to Britain from the slave trade?

Answer 9

• either directly or indirectly lots of people made money from the slave trade
• Britain made roughly £60m between 1761 and 1808
• Britain became one of the richest countries in the world.