The trade in enslaved African people Flashcards
What country owned cuba?
Spain
What country owned the Bahamas?
Britain
What country owned Grenade?
France
What country owned St Lucia?
The Dutch
How much sugar cane was required to make one tonne of sugar?
50 tonnes (very labor intensive)
Who
were the first group of people to work on the plantations?
The arawaks (Natives)
They were freindly to the settlers at first, and presented them with gifts upon landing. However, they soon became extinct after they died on the plantations.
What was the second group of people to work on the plantation?
Indentured workers .These people were people from the UK who signed into a bond for 4-7 years, in return for food, water, clothing and shelter. They also had free transport to the carribean. over 50% of the workers died before their contract ended due to the harsh conditions.
What was the third group of people to work on the plantation?
convicts. These people were taken on ships as part of their life sentence. However, many convicts also of disease.
What was the fourth and final group of people to work on the plantation?
The final workers taken were enslaved west Africans. Tribes in Africa fought, and any people captured from opposing tribes were sold for resources by the chiefs.
What are all of the stages in the triangular trade?
stage 1: Outward passage
manufactured goods taken from britain to the west coast of Africa and traded for slaves.
Stage 2: Middle passage
Slaves taken from Africa to the plantations and then sold for goods.
Stage 3: Home passage
Goods from the carribean taken back to the UK and sold for a profit.
Why did a loss of fit workers cause problems for Africa?
because the most sought out slaves were young, fit males, Africa had less people to do the farm labour, as the younger males did a large amount of the heavy labour. It negatively affected Africa as there was less food, leading to starvation, and a lower immunity.
Why did A decline in population cause problems for Africa?
This was also as most slaves were young people, which left Africa with only the elderly and children living there, with few young adults. This meant that not as many people reproduced, which led to a population decline, further decreasing the amount of fit able workers.
What problems did African cheifs cause for Africa?
This was because African chiefs sold slaves, which led to the more powerful chiefs becoming extremely wealthy. This meant that there was a huge divide between the rich and the poor, and as there was so few people who had almost all the wealth, it meant that the majority of Africans at the time were extremely poor.
They also caused more wars, as they were now motivated to go to war to collect war prisoners to sell as slaves, leading to a high death toll.
How was Africa affected by more disease?
This was because the Europeans brought several diseases that Africa had never encountered before, such as smallpox. The Africans were also malnourished due to the lack of food, which meant that they were even more susceptible to disease as their immunity was weakened. They also were not able to buy any treatment or vaccinations due to the lack of wealth.
What problems did population movement cause for Africa?
This happened as the Africans did not want to be captured, so they moved inland to attempt to get away from the slave factories. This led to further malnourishment, as there was a lack of food and water inland.
