slavery in america Flashcards
what is important to note about slavery in America?
10-12 million people sold into slavery
Anyone could be abducted – poor, royalty
Devastated African culture, families were destroyed
Guns increased warfare and slave raids
After kidnapping the slaves, merchants forced them to walk to the coast (sometimes 1,000 miles)
Only ½ survived, some would be left by side of road shackled to dead body
when slaves were on the boat what was the main issue that occurred?
often when everyone was sitting so close, not allowed to move it often meant in decks, urine and blood= spread disease.
diseased slaves were thrown overboard, sometimes still alive
what would happen if the slaves were caught attempting suicide?
would be punished and force fed (loss of income for merchant)
what job would the 3-4 year olds have when they were slaves?
trash gangs (weeding)
what job would the 9-12 year olds have?
work on the fields with adults
what jobs did the elderly have as the slaves?
domestic servants
why did the slave trade last so long?
people knew little about Africa
- there were rumours and untruths (eg. africans were cannibals)
- africans seen as a subspecies
- too many people benefited financially
- christian missionaries hoped to convert slaves
When did slavery eventually end in Britain?
1807, illegal for British traders to buy or sell humans
Slaves continued to work in plantations
1833, slavery completely abolished
Other nations followed (e.g. America)
why did the American civil war start and what was the end result?
the fight was about slavery At the time the country was led by Abraham Lincoln. The Southern states knew that he did not support slavery, so his election was the excuse the break from the Union.
September, 1862, Lincoln declared the Emancipation Proclamation which freed all slaves, this intensified the fighting.
April 9, 1865 the Confederate leader Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant and the war ended.
how was the civil right6 bill created?
Civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. gave one of his best known speeches, inspiring the assembled crowd with the words, “I have a dream.”
By 1964 a Civil Rights Act was passed which achieved many of the aims of the Civil Rights Act of 1875, which had been quickly overturned. The 1964 law banned discrimination based on race, color, religion or national origin in public facilities such as restaurants or hotels. Later laws were passed to legislate fair election practices.
what is foreign aid ?
The money, expertise, supplies, and other goods given by one country to another.
