Slavery & The Middle Passage Flashcards

1
Q

What is the difference between slave and enslaved person?

A

Slave: a person who are denied their own freedom and is to follow a master

Enslaved: people who has been forced to slavery. This word is showing a more humane side as it could be you who is enslaved

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When was the first settlement in North America settled and what was its name?

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Jamestown, Virginia. 1607

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3
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What system started in the 1600s which resulted in a slave economy?

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Plantation system

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4
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What did the Spanish do during the 1600s?

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They began their conquest of the Americas (Latin America). The Spanish soldier, explores and other adventurers where called Conquistadors

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5
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Approximately how many slaves where transported from Africa across the Atlantic between 1450 to 1867?

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Between 11 to 12 million

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When did the amount of slaves exported from Africa increase from 40K to 110K?

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From 1700 to 1780s

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Which period was the height of exportation of slaves from Africa?

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1750’s to the 1850’s

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What was the usual percentage of mortality rate for slaves in the Atlantic?

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About 10%

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9
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How was enslaved people seen by the whites?

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As a commodity to be bought and sold

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What was life like on-board a vessel for slaves in the Middle Passage?

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Cramped and terrible. Lack of food and water. Shock, people where held naked. Families where separated

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What happened with African kingdoms like Asante, Segu and Lunda?

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They changed through the participation in the business - more hierarchy. Collaboration with western powers, sold slaves for example

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12
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What are the main regions of departure in Africa?

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West Central Africa, Bight of Biafra, Bight of Benin, Gold Coast, Windward Coast, Sierra Leone, Senegambia and Southeast Africa

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What kind of crops did the plantations grew?

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Sugar, indigo, rice, tobacco, coffee, cocoa and cotton

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What is Pan-Africanism?

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The idea that people of African descent have common interests and should be unified across the globe

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15
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Was the slave trade racial to begin with?

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No, but it was developed rather quickly to legitimize it

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16
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What is double consciousness?

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Seeing yourself as yourself, but also seeing yourself through the eyes of racists

17
Q

How did the Europeans control the slave?

A

By inhumane violence

18
Q

What was Olaudah Equiano also named?

A

Gustavus Vassa

19
Q

How foes Equiano describe the African slaveholders in comparison with the white slaveholders?

A

The African was in comparison nicer

20
Q

Why did Equiano write the autobiography?

A

To influence the British MPs as he was an abolitionist

21
Q

Who wrote “The African Diaspora” and what’s it about?

A

Patrick Manning: it’s about enslavement of Africans

22
Q

Who wrote “Equiano” and what’s it about?

A

Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vass: it’s about his journey through Africa all the way ‘til America