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1
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How many africans were enslaved and sent to America by force

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12.5m

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HOW many enslaved africans arrived in America

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10 MILLION

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How many Africans dies on the root to America

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2.5 m

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What word means personal possession

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chattel

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What word means less than human

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dehumanisation

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What sea animal followed the sips while transporting slaves

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SHARKS

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which European countries did European first traded enslaved africans

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Portugal and spain

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What type of slavery did Europeans establish in the New World?

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chattel slavery

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. Which European countries became the leading powers in the New World in the seventeenth century?

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England and France

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What was the name for European workers who were bound to their masters by a legal contract for a number of years?

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Indentured servants

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Which product became far more popular with European elites in the seventeenth century, increasing demand for labour in the New World?

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sugar

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What was the name of the 1661 law that made it legal for Europeans to punish, attack or even kill enslaved Africans?

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1661 Barbados Slave Code

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What common identity did English, Irish and Scottish indentured servants develop in the New World?

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white

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  1. What common identity did diverse groups of Africans develop in the New World?
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black

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15
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Until when did many slave codes remain in place?

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Mid-nineteenth century

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What was the name of the Igbo person who was enslaved and later wrote about his experiences?

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Olaudah Equiano

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Give three examples of European manufactured goods that were traded in Africa.

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Metal pots and pans, guns and gunpowder, and brass ornaments

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What name was given to the trade system between Europe, Africa and the New World?

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Triangular trade

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How were enslaved Africans forced to travel to the coast?

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walking

20
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. What is the name for a group of enslaved people who have been linked together to be transported?

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coffee

21
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What were the European trading settlements on the African coast called?

A

factory

22
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What were the prisons on the African coast called?

A

Barracoons’

23
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What were the most common forms of resistance to enslavement?

A

Running away and refusing to eat9

24
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What did slaving captains force many enslaved people to do to move about?

A

‘dancing’

25
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What was the name of the slave ship where the captain threw 132 enslaved people overboard?

A

The Zong

26
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  1. How did enslaved people begin referring to each other on the slave ship?
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‘shipmate’

27
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What was the name of the instrument that was used to force hunger strikers to eat?

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Speculum oris

28
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What did some enslaved people do when they lost the will to live?

A

sucide

29
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What did some West Africans believe would happen to them after death?

A

going home’

30
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What caused some slave ships to go missing at sea?

A

revolts

31
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What happened to many enslaved people within the first few months on the plantation?

A

Died of disease or suicide

32
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What was the ratio of enslaved people to white colonists in many Caribbean territories in the 18th century?

A

ten to one

33
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What were some of the punishments commonly used on enslaved people?

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Nose slit, losing a limb, being whipped and put in stocks

34
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Who sometimes resisted their situation and poisoned their master or mistress, wasted time by pretending not to understand instructions, broke valuable tools and damaged machines?

A

ENSLAVED PEOPLE

35
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Which instrument did white people fear enslaved people using?

A

drums

36
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What did enslaved people organise when they had a few days’ holiday?

A

large festivals

37
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Where was the first Slave Society?

A

BARBADOS

38
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What was the most important mark of status in colonial Barbados?

A

Land ownership esp. sugar plantations

39
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What name was given to white people like shopkeepers, carpenters, and teachers?

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Lesser / Poor whites

40
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What group of enslaved people were valued more highly by their owners and had prestige among their fellow slaves?

A

Skilled slaves e.g. rangers

41
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Which group of slaves served whites in the grand plantation houses?

A

domestic slaves

42
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Which group of slaves were not likely to be able to develop relationships with white people that could lead to freedom or privileges?

A

field slaves

43
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Who were the first independent black people in the Caribbean?

A

The Maroons

44
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Which country became independent in 1804, inspiring slave revolts elsewhere?

A

Haiti

45
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What was the name of the 1816 slave rebellion in Barbados?

A

Bussa’s rebellion

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