Slavery Flashcards
What is the name given to the trade between Britain, West Africa and the Americas
The triangular trade
Name three manufactured goods that Britain traded as part of the slave trade
Guns, pottery, textiles
What is the name given to the part of the trade where slaves were taken across the Atlantic Ocean
The middle passage
Describe three ways in which conditions for slaves were horrific
1: severe punishments
2: lack of freedom/ extreme working hours
3: they had no legal rights
What is the name given to the events in which slaves were sold in the Americas
Slave auctions
What is name of the event where slaves were a fixed price and farmers grabbed the slaves
A scramble
What is the name given to the large farms where slaves worked in the Americas
Plantations
What is the name given to the process where slaves had their owners initials burned into their skin
Branding
Name two places where there were rebellions led by slaves
Haiti 🇭🇹 , Jamaica 🇯🇲
Name three crops the slaves helped to grow in the Americas
Tobacco, cotton, sugar
Name two slaves or former slaves who led rebellions against slavery
Toussiant L’Ouverture
Samuel Sharp
Name the former slave who travelled across Britain and wrote a book
Mary Prince
In which year did Britain ban the slave trade
1807
In which year did Britain ban the ownership of slaves
1833
How much compensation was payed to slave owners when slavery was banned
£20 million
State three arguments in favour of continuing the slave trade
1: it has led Britain to be very wealthy
2: the Bible says nothing bad about the slave trade and religious people owned slaves
3:many slaves were criminals that would have otherwise been punished
What were the anti slavery campaigners known as
Abolitionists
Which anti slavery campaigner travelled across Britain collecting slave related artefacts
Thomas Clarkson
Name the ship used as evidence of the horrific conditions aboard slave ships
The Brookes
Name the campaigner who boycotted sugar to end slavery
Elizabeth Heyrick
