The Transatlantic Slave Trade

Question 1

How many people were taken from Africa?

Answer 1

12-60 million

Question 2

where were they taken?

Answer 2

European colonies in the Caribbean, North, Central and South America

Question 3

How many died on the middle passage?

Answer 3

Over 2 million Africans

Question 4

What is the journey to the Americas known as?

Answer 4

The Middle Passage

Question 5

How long did the Middle Passage take?

Answer 5

4-12 weeks

Question 6

What happened to the slaves when they arrived?

Answer 6

They were often sold to the highest bidder, and separated from family and friends.

Question 7

What did they harvest?

Answer 7

Coffee, tobacco, cotton, sugar, rice

Question 8

When did it take place?

Answer 8

1502-1870 (approx.)

Question 9

How many voyages did the British slave ships make? How many people did they transport?

Answer 9

an estimates 10,000 journeys, transporting approx. 3.4 million people, of whom 2.6 million survived.

Question 10

When was the trade in enslaved people abolished?

Answer 10

1807

Question 11

When was it made illegal to own a slave?

Answer 11

1833