Social Studies Slavery Flashcards
Dilemma
Situations in which a person is forced to make a choice, even thought they do not like any of the choices.
Middle passage
The voyage (passage) of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic ocean from Africa to the Americas.
Scramble
A setting where slaves were sold all for the same price.
Slave auction
A setting where slaves were sold to buyers who bid for them. The highest bid usually won.
Overseer
A person who was put in charge of the work of slaves.
Plantation
Large, privately owned area of land where crops were grown in large quantities with the labor of slaves.
Why did European slave traders come to west Africa?
So they could get slaves for there tobacco and sugar plantations.
What five words best describes the middle passage voyage
Horrible, unhealthy, disgusting, scary.
List at least three ways inslaved Africans actually responded during the middle passage?
They tried to jump off the ship
They were trying to kill themselves
Some slaves tried to revolt attacking the crew
What were two ways inslaved Africans were sold?
At a scramble where slaves were all sold for the same price.
What are three things that happened to slaves during their first year in America?
They were given new names
They were shouted at by an overseer in a different language
They worked on plantations in the fields
What did European traders trade for slaves?
Guns, rum, tobacco, cloth
What kinds of people in west Africa were cons slaves?
Servants, workers, people captured during wars, some found guilty of crimes, some were slaves by other west Africans.
What were the three stages of slave trade?
Capture and movement of slaves to the African coast.
From the American ports to the plantations
How did west Africans respond to the demand for slaves?
Some west Africans tried to refuse or find slaves outside there own community or traded people who were already slaves.
