Unit One - The Atlantic Slave Trade Flashcards
3 reasons why Africans were enslaved
- produce sugar as demand rose
- indigenous people died so Africans brought to help
- easy to enslave as unprotected and no weapons
Describe the triangular trade
- Manufactured goods taken from Britain to Africa ( 50-60 days)
- Slaves transported from Africa to West Indies (35 days)
- Raw marginals transported from West Indies to Britain (40 days)
Who took the slaves?(3)
- Europeans kidnapped
- Africans paid by Europeans to kidnap
- Europeans exchanged objects/money for pre owned slaves
Things africans were traded for when bought off Africans (6)
- Manila
- guns
- cotton items
- jewellery
- rum
- cooking pots
Describe ways slaves were treated when being taken from mainland Africa to the coast ready to board the ships(5)
- made to walk for days
- limited/ no food
- if slaves collapsed - left for dead
- 7kg yolkes
- one person falling pulls all down causing neck injury
Order of processing of slaves in slave factories (5)
- Separated by gender
- Given health inspections
- Healthy separated from ‘second raters’
- Healthy slaves branded with hot iron
- Slaves put on ships
What were slave parties like? (4)
- tended to be small
- slaves ages estimated
- slaves hair shaved off
- held underground until good weather
What effects did the slave trade have on Africa (6)
- half of people taken died
- lower food supplies
- fewer workers resulted in famine
- violence increased
- propaganda = racist ideas
- some industry improved
Main causes of death on the middle passage (3)
- disease
- infection
- suicide
Physical health effects on the middle passage (5)
- lying in own waste
- children born on board without medical assistance
- had to eat lying down
- only got one pint of water per day
- disease spread easily
Effects of the middle passage on mental health(4)
- many people went insane
- didn’t know where they were going
- deck covered in blood looking bad ( like slaughter house)
- sailors raped women
Mistreatment on the middle passage (5)
- tumble over each other due to shackles
- packed into small spaces
- often forced to lie on sides
- only fed twice a day
- Limited fresh air
Why were African societies keen to get involved in the slave trade?(5)
- attack against enemy tribes
- a way to make money
- tradition
- receive European goods
- Instead of holding prisoners hostage can make a profit off them
Why was rebellion so hard on the middle passage?(4)
- not all Africans spoke the same language making communication hard
- difficult to move due to chains
- weak as not enough food or water
- crew have weapons
Positive impacts on the Caribbean (5)
- new culture introduced
- ports developed
- money into local economy
- more trade opportunities
- advances weapon art ideas from Europeans
Impact on the population of the Caribbean islands (3)
- native islanders killed off
- massive increase in disease too quickly
- pressure on food supplies
Impacts of disease on the Caribbean Island (3)
- natives not used to European diseases
- over crowding
- poor conditions
These are all factors of which lead to the spread of disease on the Caribbean Islands
What were the four biggest slave ports in Britain? (4)
- Glasgow
- Liverpool
- Bristol
- London