Plantation Society Flashcards
transatlantic slave trade, middle passage, african slavery
In what year did the first shipment of enslaved Africans enter the Caribbean?
1518
First group to establish a plantation? and when?
Spanish in Hispaniola in 1516
Spanish introduced slaves to Mexico in?
and they worked as?
1520’s cultivators and miners
What were the companies involved in the slave trade?
The Company of Royal adventurers trading to Africa
1663
The Royal African Company 1672
The Dutch West Indian Company 1621
Guinea Company 1647
The Danish West Indian Company 1671
The French West Indian Company 1664
The Senegal Company 1673
What was the slave trade?
The slave trade was the sale of various African people mainly to plantation owners in the Americas between the 16th century and the 1860’s
What is the triangular slave trade?
The triangular slave trade was a complete 3 dimensional route of the ships involved in the slave trade. This route incorporated West Europe, West Africa and the West Indies.
What was the transatlantic slave trade?
The transatlantic slave trade was an organizationally complex and sophisticated business which began in the 18th century. The main commodity of the business was enslaved Africans.
name some areas of West Africa in which slaves were recruited?
Ghana, Senegal river to the Congo river, Senegambia, The Slave coast and Gambia to Angola
Who started the English slave trade in 1562?
Captain John Hawkins
What was Queen Elizabeth’s role in the start of the English slave trade?
she approved Hawkin’s expedition and told him not to take slaves who did not freely consent to leave their homeland
What was King Charles the second’s role in the beginning of the English slave trade?
he gave the RAC the exclusive right to 1,000 years to trade in African slaves.
Who was John Locke?
he was a philosopher and investor for the RAC
What were the different methods used to obtain enslaved Africans?
1) The European slave traders got most of their slaves by buying them from African rulers or merchants
2) Some slaves were obtained by kidnapping
3) Some were enslaved as prisoners from wars
4) some were enslaved by poverty if they were in debt or if parents sold their children
5) they were enslaved if they were considered to be unusual, for example, twins, mothers of twins, deformed children, and girls whop had an early menstruation
6) Africans were also enslaved as a punishment for crimes.
‘The Gold Coast ‘ is now present day?
Ghana
What were the African tribes recognized by the Europeans?
The Ibos, from eastern Nigeria
The Ashanti/Coromantees, from Ghana
The Mandingos, from the mouth of the river Gambia
Describe the journey to the coast with slaves
On an 18th century sugar plantation, the aim was to operate as a “self sufficient unit.” What does this mean?
A sugar plantation was divided into three main parts what were they and what did they consist of?
What was the position of the factory yard on the plantation and what are the factory buildings that made up the factory yard
