The Transatlantic Slave Trade Flashcards
What materials did craftsman make items out of?
Gold, Ivory, Bronze
What happened in the 11th Century?
The kingdom of Ghana was a wealthy empire that spread across an area the size of Western Europe.
How many men did Ghana have?
200,000 men
Explain some of the things that the Mali became in the 14th century.
The kingdom became 2000 kn wide and there was an organised trading system.
What happened in the 15th century?
The Songhai kingdom grew powerful and successful, It had a well structured system of a government, a developed currency and imported cloth from Europe.
What was the status and class based on in West Africa?
Social Environment.
What happened when Europeans arrived to look for labourers?
The Africans changed. They now captured slaves and sold them for profit. The Africans became wealthy and powerful and the Africans did not trust eachother.
What manual work did the slaves do?
Farming, mining and household tasks.
Where and what did the slaves do in other parts of Africa?
In Mali and Songhai slaves where used as Administrators and soldiers.
Why did the atlantic slave trade begin?
Because the Portugese became very wealthy and other European countries noticed the wealthy and decided to join the slave trade.
What did they grow?
Tobacco, Sugar Cane and Cotton
Why did the slave trade begin?
The demand for slaves increased. To keep costs down, slaves work on these plantations.
What was the atlantic slave trade pattern?
Europe to Africa to South America to North America.
True or False.
African rulers were also included in the very lucrative slave trade?
True
Name some of the conditions on board the slave ships
Slaves were squashed together to fit in as many as possible.
Slaves went made because of the lack of air and space.
Some would kill just for more space.
Why did the slave trade end?
Because of the pressure exterted on the government by the humanitarian movement,
When did the slave trade stop in Braxil, England and USA?
England - 19th Century
USA - 1863
Brazil - 1888
