The Slave Trade

Question 1

What is the nickname for the slave trade?

Answer 1

The triangular trade

Question 2

Where were a lot of slaves taken from?

Answer 2

Africa

Question 3

Around how many of the healthy Africans were taken from the country?

Answer 3

11 million

Question 4

What was a good effect for Britain of the slave trade?

Answer 4

Slave captors made money

Question 5

What was the name for the overseas travelling on the ships for the slaves?

Answer 5

The middle passage

Question 6

In a ‘tight pack’ ship what would the slaves be able to do?

Answer 6

Nothing- Not even turn around

Question 7

What happened to pregnant women on the ships?

Answer 7

They had to give birth to their babies on the ship

Question 8

Name 3 things they did to make slaves forget about their home.

Answer 8

1) Changed their names
2) Split their families up
3) Stopped them meeting up
4) Stopped them speaking their own language
5) The slaves were sold to different people
6) Were not even allowed to pray.