the atlantic slave trade

Question 1

the impacts of the slave trade on the Caribbean

Answer 1

• arawak people(no good jobs, lost all native culture)
• legal discrimination(harsher punishment to black people that white, legacy suffered)
• inequality( rich got richer)
• economic instability(reliance of sugar, counted for more than 70% of exports)
• racism(plantation owners spread racism to justify there actions)
• diseases(deaths of native people and effected the ecosystems)
• environmental impact(impacted plants and animals that cannot be found anywhere else on earth)

Question 2

effect of slave trade on britain

Answer 2

• provided jobs
• people flocked to cities
• architecture flourished( the gallery of modern art)
• advancements in insurance and banking
• copper, glass and sugar industries grew up in bristol
• 1780s liverpool had the largest construction site for slave ships and built 40% of vessels
• between 1700-1800 liverpools population rose from 5000 to 78000
• liverpool had a deep waterfront
• tax money paid

Question 3

describe the conditions of the middle passage

Answer 3

• took 3-6 weeks but could last 4 months
• people were terrified by the ships
• fed poorly (porridge like mix not nutritional)
• slaves had to dance on deck
• slaves committed suicide
• disease was common (dysentery, dropsy, yellow fever)
• abuse of slave woman was common
• attempted rebellions were common(one slave rebellion for every 8-10 journeys)
• tight packed or loose packed

Question 4

effect on african societies

Answer 4

-criminals and people in dept were handed to slave traders
-encouraged conflict between tribes caused lasting hatred and violence
-introduction of guns
-increased wealth of kings caused severe inequality
-the workforce suffered loss of generation (working male population was reduced to 20%)
-famine was more common
2-3 times more men enslaved as women

Question 5

describe the working conditions on plantations

Answer 5

• food(meat was rare ‘bad for slaves’, to grow yams and vegetables and raise pig and poultry, rations were small and consisted of maize, yams and mackerel)
• field slaves (18 hour day, minimum cotton to be picked in one day was 200 pounds)
• house slaves (maids got up at 4am work until after dinner, did not get a sunday off, they cleaned, cooked and took care of the children, they were mistreated)
• who worked (children under the age of six a few elderly people and some with physical disabilities were the only ones exempt to labour, pregnant women had to work)

Question 6

describe discipline on plantations

Answer 6

• black codes
• not working hard enough
• talking too much or using their native language
• stealing
• murder
• trying to run
• hanging
• ears cut off
• whipped
• forced to work in shackles for a year
• branded
• iron muzzles
• beaten to broken bones
• chained to ground

Question 7

resistance on plantations

Answer 7

-islands were small
-found in an unknown land
-plantation owners had guns
-lacked effective leadership
-cruel punishment scared slaves
-identified by branding
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Question 8

abolition of the slave trade

Answer 8

used:
meetings, books, publicity, wrote pamphlets, stuck up posters, hot people to sign petitions, lobbied MPs, toured the country showing evidence, sent petitions to the King and Queen and MPs

people: 
olaudah equiano ( his book 1789)
john newton ( book and hymn book amazing grace) 
josiah wedgwood (designed a seal for stamping the wax became symbol of the movement 
william wilberforce (knew the price and prime minister, became leader of the society and introduced a bill to abolish the slave trade)

the act:
outlawed british ships
anyone trafficking slaves had to pay £100 per slave
anyone involved in trading slaves got fined
insurance of slave ships was prohibited