The Triangle Trade
How many slaves were taking on the ships?
700
What are abolitionist?
People who helped slaves escape or people who fought for slavery to be outlawed
What is the pacific place slaves were brought from?
The west cost of Africa
Why were there slave codes?
Slaves couldn’t take revenge
When did the Missouri Compromise start?
1820
What type of items did the trade?
1:Raw Materials
2:Manufactured Goods
3:Enslaved Africans
Where were most abolitionists locate?
In the North
Why did many slaves die on the ships?
Diseases and starvation
Why did the need them?
Foe slaves who escape
Why was everyone so mad about this?
The United States was divided between slave states in the South and free states in the North
How many people were enslaved each year?
60,000
Did abolitionists have hideouts?
Yes
When did the first slaves in American colonies arrive?
1619
When did this become a law?
1661
Did Maine become a free state?
Yes
What was the time period?
1740-1810
What are the two places abolitionists helped slaves reach there freedom?
Canada and the North
Over how many slaves were brought to the American colonies in the next 200 years?
600,000
What happened if a slave got caught breaking the rules?
They would get hanged
Did Missouri become a free state?
No
What did ships carry from West Africa?
Cloth,guns, and ironware
Were all abolitionists white?
No
Where did MOST saves work?
In cotton and tobacco fields
What things could the slaves not do?
Read,have a weapon,write,lifting their hand against a white person
What was the most important moment of the Missouri Compromise?
Missouri becoming a slave state and Maine becoming a free state