Slavery Flashcards
What name is given to the slave trade between Britain, West Africa and the Americas?
triangular trade
Name three manufactured goods that Britain traded as part of the Slave Trade.
cotton, brass pans and guns.
What name is given to the part of the slave trade when slaves were taken across the Atlantic Ocean?
transatlantic slave trade
Describe three ways in which conditions for slaves were horrific.
No toilets, women were raped and terrible meals
What name is given to the events when slaves were sold in the Americas?
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What name is given to the slave sale event when a set price was set and farmers grabbed the slaves?
Enclosure gate
What name is given to the large farms where many slaves worked in the Americas?
Plantations
What name is given to the process when slaves had their owner’s initials burned into their skin?
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Name three crops that slaves helped to grow in the Americas.
Sugar tobacco and ????
Name two places where there were rebellions led by slaves.
Haiti and ????
Name two slaves or former slaves who led rebellions against slavery.
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Name the former slave who travelled across Britain campaigning against slavery and wrote a book.
Olaudah Equiano
In which year did Britain ban the slave trade?
25 March 1807
In which year did Britain ban the ownership of slaves?
August 1833
How much compensation was paid to slave owners when slavery was banned?
£20 million
