Slavery Recap Assessment October 2024

Question 1

How do you answer a how fully question?

Answer 1

-State the opening answer (source gives some facts, but not full picture)
-Quote what the source includes and explain
The source mentions x this shows… (reword)
-Mention what it doesn’t include using recall

Question 2

How do you answer a describe question?

Answer 2

One point that answers the question is..
Another is…
Another is…
Another is…

Question 3

How do you answer an explain question?

Answer 3

Firstly, one reason was… this relates to the question because…
(or to develop this point further..)
repeat x no. of marks.

Question 4

What were the effects of slavery on Africa?

Answer 4

-Native crafts died out - coudn’t compete with european traders
-Empty land - people moved away from land to escape war and capture
-Loss of men (young and fit)
-Mixing of villages caused disease to spread
-Losing people, destruction of crops led to famine and starvation
- Increased warfare in Africa due to trade of guns by Europeans and threat of being enslaved

Question 5

What were the conditions like on the middle passage?

Answer 5

-People packed into tiny spaces
-Crew beat the slaves
-Sexual abuse and violence of women
-Diseases like dysentery and smallpox
-Fed slush (corn porridge) twice a day
-No waste disposal so the ship smelled horrible

Question 6

How did slaves rebel on the middle passage?

Answer 6

-Stealing weapons when let out for good behavior
-Made weapons out of shackles
-Women were allowed free roaming and thus played a role as the distraction
-Harmed themselves to threaten the captains “cargo”
-Refused to eat
-Jumped overboard

Question 7

How were the slaves punished?

Answer 7

-Crew used advanced weapons like pistols
Flogging
Thrown overboard
Hung from the mast as a warning

Question 8

What was the effect of the slave trade on British ports?

Answer 8

-It made Liverpool a very wealthy town, producing goods like guns and textiles and building slave ships £300,000 profit a year
-Created many jobs in Britain such as Ship builders in scotland
-Benefited individuals such as Thomas Leyland, who invested in slave ships.
-Glasgow produced and exported tobacco.
-Money from slavery went to buildings like schools and hospitals