slave trade Flashcards
1
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slave grown products
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- Sugar
- tobacco
- cotton
- coffee
2
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what part of the trade was Glasgow known for
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tobacco
3
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how much sugar in Europe was grown in the Caribbean
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90% of sugar - it made drinks and snacks like coffee and chocolate less bitter
4
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middle passage
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- took 40 days
- diseases spread: dysentery, yellow fever
- conditions: cramped, unhygienic
5
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how were slaves treated on the middle passage
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- torture methods: thumb screws, cat-o-nine-tails, starvation
- nets to stop suicides
- shackles, long chains
6
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methods of slave revolts on the plantations
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- slow, inefficient work
- breaking tools
- escapees, runnaways
- singing about how they will revolt in happy tunes of their own language so slave owners do not understand/ expect what they are going to do
7
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methods of enslavement
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- capture: European would raid villages on the west coast and kidnap people.
- slave caravan: bound/ tied together by yokes round thier necks. hands tied behind their backs or by the ankles. walked to the coast.
8
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slave factory’s
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- inspected by slave sergeons to agree a price. rubbed with palm oil to look more healthy.
- branded
- left untill taken on the ships
9
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Effects the slave trade had on African societies -population
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left unbalanced as mostly young, healthy Africans were captured. 56% were middle-aged men as they sold for the most money.
- 30% were women.
- 14% were children under 14
10
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effects on African kingdoms
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- slavery was used as punishment
- kings acted to make themselves more powerful
- traded with the British for guns to dominate rivals
11
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effects on Brittian
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- London became very wealthy as many banks were built
- canals and railways built thanks to profits from the slave trade
- small fishing docks transformed into major cities with ports
- jobs were made such as shipbuilders, sailors, surgeons
- people made fortunes and could buy and build large homes
12
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negative impacts on the caribean
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- natives killed by new diseases
- cleared from their homeland
- slaves would rebel
- they could only rely on sugar as all of the prior small farms were changed for huge plantations
- population imbalance
- racism was brought to the islands
13
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living and working conditions in the plantations
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- long hours from sunrise to sunset
- breakfast served after a few hours of work
- children as young as 3 years old worked
- heavy work, hard labour
- sugar boiling houses were dangerous as slaves could be crushed in the sugar Mills or burned by the sugar as it was at extreme temperatures to be refined into crystals
- dome slaves got to work in the ‘big house’ they had longer hours but less labour-intensive work. (5 am to 10 pm) responsible for cleaning, cooking, and running the house
- slaves lived in small huts
- marriage and births amongst the slaves were encouraged as it meant more slaves would be on the plantations
- slaves would be raped
- torture and punishment were harsh:
thumb screws, whip
14
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fear of revolt
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- slaves would fight back and the owners were outnumbered
- they would talk in there local language about how they would revolt against the owners in a happy tune
