Slavery

Question 1

During what time period did slavery take place in North America?

Answer 1

1500-1800

Question 2

How many slaves were take from Africa?

Answer 2

12 million

Question 3

Define triangle trade

Answer 3

Triangle trade is the trade of goods in Britain used to purchase African slaves who then work on plantations in North America and produce raw goods for Britain

Question 4

What crops were typically grown on plantations?

Answer 4

Sugar, tobacco, cotton

Question 5

What was to term given to the trans-Atlantic slave transport route?

Answer 5

The middle passage

Question 6

What period was the slave trade operating?

Answer 6

1450-1850

Question 7

How many slaves were transported?

Answer 7

12 million slaves

Question 8

Define triangular trade

Answer 8

The term given to the trans-Atlantic trade of slaves, manufactured goods and raw materials

Question 9

What was traded in Africa?

Answer 9

Manufactured goods from Britain for slaves in Africa

Question 10

What was traded in North America?

Answer 10

Slaves were purchased to grow raw materials in North America

Question 11

What was traded in Britain?

Answer 11

Raw materials from North America were purchased to manufacture goods

Question 12

What was the political position on slavery in the Northern states

Answer 12

The northern states were considered free states

Question 13

What was the political position on slavery in the Southern states?

Answer 13

The southern states were considered slave states

Question 14

When was the slave trade abolished in Britain?

Answer 14

1807

Question 15

When was slavery abolished in Britain?

Answer 15

1833

Question 16

When was slavery abolished in North America?

Answer 16

When Abraham Lincoln announced the Emancipation Proclamation on 1 January 1867

Question 17

Define middle passage

Answer 17

trans-Atlantic trade route of slave ships

Question 18

Outline the capture of slaves

Answer 18

African chiefs sent raiding parties inland from the east coast of Africa and sold the prisoners of war to Europeans for metals, cloth and guns. Slaves were chained in forts until the ship arrived

Question 19

Outline the transport of slaves

Answer 19

The middle passage took 6 to 12 weeks. Traders would attempt to fit as many slaves onto the ship as possible, resulting in cramped hot living conditions where disease spread rapidly and 1 in 5 slaves died

Question 20

Outline the auction of slaves

Answer 20

Surviving slaves were cleaned and rubbed with oil (to look healthy) where they were then sold to the highest bidder. Once purchased they were branded with their master’s initials

Question 21

Outline life on a plantation

Answer 21

Plantations were large farms that grew sugar, tobacco or cotton. Slaves did all the work, harvesting and growing the crop. Slave were whipped for disobedience and seriously punished for rebellion