slavery in the states

Question 1

explain the triangular trade

Answer 1

1. ships set off from britain (bristol, liverpool or london) and travel to west africa to trade goods for slaves.
2. the slaves are then taken through the ‘middle passage’ to america + the west indies.
3. the ships bring back a cargo of raw goods back to england

Question 2

the triangular trade

/ what did each place send?

Answer 2

britain - manufactured goods
africa - slaves
america/west indies - raw materials (sugar, cotton, tobacco)

Question 3

the triangular trade

/ who was involved?

Answer 3

britain - merchants, slave traders (domestic work), factory owners
africa - west african war lords (kings)
america/west indies - plantation owners

Question 4

how did the slave trade start?

Answer 4

supply (in west africa) + (slave) demand = slave trade

Question 5

what was it like in a slave ship?

Answer 5

• super uncomfortable + cramped
• unhygienic; diseases spread easily
• harsh and humiliating punishments

Question 6

the ‘invisible people’ of america

/ what types of black people lived there?

Answer 6

slaves, free blacks, cowboys, outlaws, more.

Question 7

the ‘invisible people’ of america

/ why did black people go west?

Answer 7

to find better jobs - in the west, you would be looked upon almost equally.

the west was unsettled.

Question 8

what did white people do to turn black people into slaves?

Answer 8

• split up friends + families
• banned from getting together in groups
• set against eachother by putting some in charge of the rest
• cruel punishments
• slaves not allowed to be literate

Question 9

why had thenorthern states freed slaves by 1860?

Answer 9

• ‘gradual emancipation’: releasing children of existing slaves at 21 years
• the tobacco industry in the North was becoming less important

Question 10

in what ways were freed, northern slaves not equal?

Answer 10

they still faced discrimination due to racial prejudice.

Question 11

what are ‘abolitionists’?

Answer 11

people who are against slavery

Question 12

what different views did abolitionists have?

Answer 12

• equal rights
• ‘black people are inferior + should go home’
• ‘if they stay they will cause problems’
• ‘should be free but not equal’

Question 13

why are people ‘for’ slavery?

Answer 13

• ‘god’s blessing’
• african negroes are ‘destined by Providence’
• ‘they should be happy they live here’
• production of ____ depends on slavery

Question 14

why are people ‘against’ slavery?

Answer 14

• TORTUROUS CONDITIONS

- robbing them of their lives

Question 15

‘resistance’

Answer 15

fighting against slavery

Question 16

what was passive resistance?

Answer 16

• taking advantage of prejudicial views (eg. working slowly)

- people ran away (easier to do on the West Indies as they could become pirates, live wild, etc.)

Question 17

what was violent resistance?

Answer 17

last resort as this could fail

Question 18

the ‘underground railroad’

Answer 18

a secret organization of people who took escaping slaves from one safe house (station) to another

Question 19

the triangular trade

/ what was the ‘middle passage’?

Answer 19

where slave ships sailed across the Atlantic to the West Indies