Transatlantic Slave Trade

Question 1

What good we’re traded from Britain to Africa ?

Answer 1

Guns,Textiles,Money

Question 2

Who was the first British man to trade slaves

Answer 2

John Hawkins

Question 3

When did the first British slave ship set sail

Answer 3

1562

Question 4

What were the peak years of the slave trade

Answer 4

1760s. 80,000 slaves per year

Question 5

What are the main killers on slave ships

Answer 5

Disease and psychological trauma

Question 6

How were Africans distributed on slave ships

Answer 6

Packed together like cargo. Chained together

Question 7

How long was the Atlantic crossing

Answer 7

6-8 weeks

Question 8

What was the march to the coast

Answer 8

Slaves were marched to the coast for 8 hours whilst being chained together

Question 9

How long did slaves work per day

Answer 9

16 hours

Question 10

At what age did children work

Answer 10

4 years old

Question 11

Which gender got better jobs

Answer 11

Men

Question 12

What were the dangers with boiling sugar

Answer 12

Slaves didn’t have the right equipment and would therefore get badly burned

Question 13

Name some jobs of slaves

Answer 13

Fisherman waterman ploughman shepherd cook
Driver butcher field hand laundrymaid

Question 14

What were some punishments

Answer 14

Whipped for disagreeing. Body parts amputated for trying to escape. Runaways also got hanged. Some slaves were sold away

Question 15

What did people do in their free time

Answer 15

Practise religion in secret. Tell stories. Go to church at 5 am. Sundays off. They sold spare crops

Question 16

How many slaves were transported in total

Answer 16

12 million

Question 17

What were some contemporary justifications

Answer 17

It gave them a job, saved them from war, gave them a place to live. Enslaved anyway. God hasn’t stopped them. They work cheerfully and sing

Question 18

How many sailors got jobs

Answer 18

15000

Question 19

How much profit did Britain make per year of sugar

Answer 19

1.5 million pounds

Question 20

Who published the “ am I not and a brother” slogan and when

Answer 20

The British abolitionist movement in 1787

Question 21

What was also made to represent women by the British abolitionist movement

Answer 21

The “ am I not a woman and a sister” slogan

Question 22

What was the problem with British abolitionist movement slogans

Answer 22

They showed slaves as weak and defenseless even though they often fought for themselves

Question 23

When was the slave trade illegal

Answer 23

1807

Question 24

What is gradualism

Answer 24

Slaves had to be prepared for freedom by being educated and becoming Christian. Abolitionists thought that is the trade was illegal slaves would be treated as more valuable and there fore better

Question 25

How did women help in ending slavery

Answer 25

They boycotted slavery mad esugar and bought French sugar which was cheaper and made without slaves

Question 26

What was the rebellion in Jamaica

Answer 26

In 1831 50,000-60,000 slaves rebelled against their owner’s, torched fields and buildings and caused 1 million pounds of damage

Question 27

What did former slaves do

Answer 27

Ther wrote literature to show how cruel slavery was