What Is Slavery Flashcards
What is social oppression (1)
A group of people being oppressed/mistreated by society (1)
Why did people see it as acceptable to trade slaves (1)
Slaves weren’t seen as human but as possesions
What was the main difference between working people and slaves performing labour (2)
Slaves don’t earn wages and have no rights
Being a slave isn’t permanent. How can you free yourself as a slave (2)
Pay their release or work of their freedom
True or false: children were born slave (1)
No not before the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade
Name the 3 main ways people became slaves (3)
- captured during war
- sold themselves into slavery to pay of debt
- enslaved as punishment for crime
What changed slave nature drastically (1)
The European colonization
Why did colonization need slavery (1)
Colonization started big plantations that needed laborers so people were captured with the purpose of being slaves
Name 2 big changes in slavery after colonization started (3)
- children were born slaves
- slavery become a way of life
- slaves were seen as less than human and treated harshly
What was the dividing force behind modern slavery (1)
The colonies of America in the 15th Century
When was the Atlantic slave trade more or less and how many slaves were captured (2)
1451-1870 there were 10 - 12 million slaves captured
What did slaves produce mainly? (1)
Slaves produced crops
What was the rise of a world economy (1)
The time of Englands Industrial Revolution
