what is slave trade

Question 1

what is slavery

Answer 1

slaver is when a human being owns another, they are deprived from their rights held by free people.

Question 2

what are the two forms of slavery

Answer 2

The Atlantic slave trade and the trans-saharan slave trade.

Question 3

Give a brief history of slavery in Nigeria

Answer 3

The slave trade in southern Nigeria preceded the arrival of European influence. With the arrival of the transatlantic trade, the traders in southeastern Nigeria became suppliers of slaves to the European slave traders.

Question 4

when was slavery prohibited and when was it permitted to continue

Answer 4

its was prohibited in the mid-1880s and was permitted to continue into the 1930s.

Question 5

who ratified the 1926 slavery convention and when

Answer 5

It was ratified by newly independent First Nigerian Republic in 1961

Question 6

what system did the igbo maintained during the Odinani religion

Answer 6

The Osu caste system

Question 7

who were the Osu people

Answer 7

The Osu were people regarded as spiritually inferior and they segregated from regular igbo society. They were either kept as slaves or sold into slave trade.

Question 8

True Or false: As of 2020, the Osu descendants still face discrimination among the igbo people.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

Where is the sokoto located

Answer 9

It is located in the northern part of Nigeria

Question 10

When was the sokoto caliphate powerful

Answer 10

It was powerful during the 19th-century of the sunni Muslim caliphate

Question 11

what was the condition if the slaves were granted freedom

Answer 11

if they converted to Islam

Question 12

True or false: 1-2.5 million non-muslims slaves were captured during the fulani war

Answer 12

True

Question 13

How many slaves had by 1900

Answer 13

at least 1million and perhaps as many as 2.5 million slaves.

Question 14

Who was the british high commissioner

Answer 14

Lugard

Question 15

People that were no longer slaves or born after the 31st march 1901 were called

Answer 15

Free borns

Question 16

True or False: People born after the 30th of march 1961 were called ‘freeborns’

Answer 16

false

Question 17

when were the slave trade eradicated and who were they eradicated by

Answer 17

They got eradicated in the 1920s by colonial officials

Question 18

When did Slavery exist among the yoruba people

Answer 18

Slavery traditionally existed among the Yoruba people before it was officially abolished by the British in 1893, during colonialism.

Question 19

How were slaves obtained by the Yoruba people

Answer 19

The Yoruba people would go to war and if a town is captured during the war the captured people will become enslaved by their captors.

Question 20

Who were the Yoruba merchants

Answer 20

Chiefs, Warriors, wealthy merchants and powerful kings

Question 21

Why did the Yoruba elites participate in slave trade

Answer 21

They participated because they gained profitable sources of income and foreign merchants would supply weapons to them such as rifles in exchange for slaves. The Yorubas would use the weapons to conquer their enemies and sell them as slaves.

Question 22

what are the three categories of slaves in Yoruba

Answer 22

Iwofa, criminals and war captives

Question 23

What is the term iwofa

Answer 23

The term iwofa means slaves that are voluntarily given away by one family to another in other to pay off a loan/debt. They would work for their masters until the debt is paid off.

Question 24

who are war captives

Answer 24

warriors who were victorious in war brought back war captives to their chiefs or kings who would enslave and force them to work in their farms or work in trades.

Question 25

What re the two forms of modern slavery

Answer 25

Human trafficking and Child Labor

Question 26

what is human trafficking

Answer 26

Human trafficking is the act of recruitment and transportations of people (men and women) within or across the borders

Question 27

when did human trafficking start in nigeria

Answer 27

There is no exact date in when it started but it began in the early 1990s with the increase of drug trafficking and the advanced fee fraud 419.

Question 28

What is the external trafficking

Answer 28

External trafficking is the act of transporting people across the international border for sex work, child labour and domestic service in exchange for money.

Question 29

True or False: Across international borders each year between 900,000 and 6 million people are trafficked.

Answer 29

False
800,000 and 4 million people are trafficked.

Question 30

where are the most common places for trafficked people from nigeria end up and why

Answer 30

The middle east and North america, for adoption,domestic and agricultural labor and to sale their body parts.

Question 31

what state has the highest count of external slave trade

Answer 31

Edo state

Question 32

what is internal trafficking

Answer 32

This is the act of transportation of people within the borders of a country either from rural to urban areas or from one state to another for sex work, child labour etc.

Question 33

what are the two forms of child slavery

Answer 33

forced labour and commercial sexual exploitation

Question 34

when is the fullmeaning of NAPTIP and when was it created

Answer 34

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons and it was created 2003