Transatlantic Slave Trade Flashcards
What was the Transatlantic Slave trade?
The transatlantic slave trade was essentially a triangular route from Europe to Africa, to the Americas and back to Europe
What was life as an enslaved person on a ship?
Conditions on board ship during the Middle Passage were appalling. The men were packed together below deck and were secured by leg irons. The space was so cramped they were forced to crouch or lie down. Women and children were kept in separate quarters, sometimes on deck, allowing them limited freedom of movement, but this also exposed them to violence and abused from the crew. The air in the hold was foul and putrid. Seasickness was common and the heat was oppressive. The lack of sanitation and suffocating conditions meant there was a constant threat of disease.
what was life as an enslaved person on a plantation?
Life on the fields meant working sunup to sundown six days a week and having food sometimes not suitable for an animal to eat. Plantation slaves lived in small shacks with a dirt floor and little or no furniture. They were whipped if disobeyed or stopped to work. Young people had to work as tash gangs, weeding. Older people would do horse and cart driving, cleaning , nursing and gardening.
what was life as an enslaved person, the resistance?
Some slaves would join together and started rebellions, they would burn stuff down, ruin the crops and make life harder for the slave traders.
What was the abolition of Slavery?
William Wilberforce ended slavery in 1834 it was successful event and it led to slaves in the British empire being free at last. Also the slave trade wasn’t making as much money so it closed down.
