The Slave Trade

Question 1

Why did Europeans started to enslave?

Answer 1

Few indentured servants
Indentured servants only worked for seven years
Desire to make a lot of money

Question 2

Why did they enslaved in specially the Africans?

Answer 2

It was the only known part that didn’t had rulers with powerful weapons

Question 3

Who were the first to enslave Africans and ship them to the Americas and when?

Answer 3

Spanish and Portuguese

1510

Question 4

What did the first traders exchanged with Africans?

Answer 4

Horses, guns and alcohol
FOR
Food ivory gold and slaves

Question 5

What happened to the trade of the Europeans and Africans later?

Answer 5

The Europeans only wanted slaves

Question 6

Many European nations build forts along the African coast. Where did they store the slaves?

Answer 6

In overcrowded, dark and airless prisons called barracoons

Question 7

What were slavers?

Answer 7

Sailing ships which were specially fitted out to carry the slaves away from Africa

Question 8

What did Africans did with the weapons the received from the Europeans?

Answer 8

They raided their neighbours inland in search of slaves