REV1 T3-TRANSATLANTIC SLAVERY Flashcards
Transatlantic slavery
A form of slavery that involved trafficking African people
Enslaved person
A person who has been enslaved (also its better then calling them slaves)
Plantation
A large farm focused on growing one crop,e.g sugar or Cotten
Middle passage
The middle leg of the transatlantic triangle
Cat oโnine tails
A whip used to punish disobedience with 9 pronged tails
Speculum Oris
a torture device used to feed if they went on hunger strikes
Phrenology
when a persons character is can be used to justify the enslavement of African people
The curse of ham
A section of the Old Testament,claimed that some men were destined for work and others were not,to justify slavery
Slave Holler
a song created by enslaved people to sing on plantations which built a sense of culture
Boycott
Refusing to fund or buy a product or service as a protest against it
Abolition
The act of abolishing something r.g making it illegal
what was the first step to the transatlantic triangle?
European sending guns hardware or materials to West Africa in exchange for enslaved people
What was the second step to the transatlantic triangle?
This enslaved people will be shipped to North America to work on plantations
What was the third step to the transatlantic triangle?
When the enslaved people had made enough crops, they would send the crops back to Europe and the cycle would begin again
How are people treated below deck?
They were stored below deck as cargo lying down and shackled together.in a total 2 million died on the journey