Slave trade

Question 1

when did the slave trade start

Answer 1

16th century

Question 2

Where did European ships go to

Answer 2

West Africa

Question 3

What would British ships carry to West Africa

Answer 3

Corn, pots,pans and wool

Question 4

What would traders load their ships with and sell to the British

Answer 4

sugar, tobacco and cotton

Question 5

when did Britian first get involved in the Slave trade

Answer 5

1562

Question 6

who was Englands first ever slave trader

Answer 6

John Hawkins

Question 7

Where did they take the slaves form Seirra Leone

Answer 7

to the Carribean

Question 8

What did the settlelers from Britain do in the Carribean

Answer 8

Became farmers and grew tobacco sugarcane

Question 9

Where the Slaves paid

Answer 9

No

Question 10

HOw much food did they get and

Answer 10

not much

Question 11

Where the Royals connected to the Slave Trade

Answer 11

yes

Question 12

Which royals where involved

Answer 12

Queen Elizabeth 1

Question 13

How many Africans were transported over the process of the slave trade

Answer 13

3.1 million

Question 14

What would happen on the first leg of the triangle

Answer 14

Pots guns and alchol were carried to West Africa

Question 15

What woukd the pots and guns be traded for

Answer 15

Slaves

Question 16

Where would the slaves be taken and for how long

Answer 16

The Americas and a 2 month jounrey across the middle passage

Question 17

What would happen to the slaves on arrivel

Answer 17

cleaned and oiled and sold on plantations

Question 18

What were the ships like and the condition of it

Answer 18

very overcrowded and apalling conditions

Question 19

how much would the slaves be fed on the ships

Answer 19

lots but very poor quality

Question 20

Were they aload excerisize on deck

Answer 20

yes, so they could be in a physical condition for the buyers

Question 21

what would slaves suffer form onboard

Answer 21

Smallpox dynestery and heartstroke

Question 22

Were slaves given a different name

Answer 22

Yes, to forget their past

Question 23

what were they forced to harvest

Answer 23

crops and plants such as sugar cane and tobacco

Question 24

Where else did some of the slaves work

Answer 24

in the owners house as cooks ect

Question 25

When did the slaves start work

Answer 25

As young as 3 years old

Question 26

How long would they work for each day

Answer 26

16 hours a day

Question 27

what was the average life expectancy for a slave

Answer 27

26 years

Question 28

What were slaves not allowed to do

Answer 28

read, write marry or own a property

Question 29

What were ways of being punished

Answer 29

executed, whipping , braking bones and amputation.

Question 30

By 1807 how much money was made from the slave trade

Answer 30

12 million

Question 31

What did this help Britain to ahceive

Answer 31

become the most powerful and richest country in the world in the 18th century

Question 32

how many Africans were taken acros the Atlantic

Answer 32

1.5 million