Translantic slave trade Flashcards
1
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What is slavery?
A
A condition in which one human being was owned by another.
2
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Why did Europeans enslave africans?
A
To meet the growing labour needs (American slaves kept dying).
3
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Where did they typically work?
A
Sugar plantations and tobacco farms.
4
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What was the middle passage?
A
From Africa to the Americas.
5
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Impact of trade on Americas:
A
- African culture brought to the Americas.
6
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Impact of trade on Africans:
A
- Generations were lost
- Introduced guns
7
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Impact of trade on Europe:
A
Made them rich
8
Q
What is the Transatlantic slave trade?
A
An oceanic trade in Africans which lasted from the mid-sixteenth century until the 1860s.
9
Q
What is the triangular trade?
A
The trade routes of the Transatlantic slave trade.
10
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What is the middle passage?
A
The forced voyage of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas
11
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How were the slaves treated?
A
Cruelly.
