Slavery life
Where were the slave factories located?
On the west coast of Africa
By auction
This law allowed slave owners to hunt down escaped slaves
Fugitive slave act
Slaves got these taken away
Rights
Why were southerners so oposed to ending slavery?
They believed the north had no right to tell them how to live, they worried about their economy suffering
What country first legalized slavery in the Americas?
Spain
Which land were the first land to stop sell slaves?
Denmark
These large farming fields were called .......
Plantations
Most slaves worked on these
Plantations
What term describes the legal practice of one person owning another as property, often leading to generations of systemic oppression and exploitation?
Slavery
Most Africans that were kidnapped cam from which part of Africa?
The interior
In which year did Denmark stop selling slaves?
1848
These set of laws explained the rights (not many) of slaves and their status in society. Masters were given COMPLETE ownership over the slaves because of these laws.
Slave code
They were often ___ for doing the slightest things wrong
Punished
Rather than just punishments, how did some slave owners control behavior?
By incentives, giving better food, clothing, jobs, etc. To those slaves that behaved.
What were the 2 different kinds of slaves?
Field slaves and House slaves
During the era of American slavery, enslaved individuals were often sold at public events where bidding determined their fate. What was the name of these events where human beings were treated as commodities?
Slave auctions
This book, by Harriet Beecher Stowe, expressed the views of people who were slaves.
Uncle Tom´s Cabin
They usually lived in run-down _______
Shacks
What was the difference between slave codes and black codes?
Slave codes were laws that were used in the slave states to control slave behavior. Black codes were laws used in non-slave states to keep African Americans from living in those states. It made their lives very difficult.
How many Africans did not survive the journey on their way to the America?
1 in 6 Africans died
Slavery in the Americas was fueled by the demand for labor in industries such as agriculture. What term describes the process of forcibly transporting Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to be sold as slaves in the New World?
Transatlantic slave trade
Triangle Trade
When the industry was booming, the slaves usually picked this cash crop
Cotton
Which four European countries were the most involved in the slave trade?
1. Spain 2. Portugal 3. Netherlands 4. England