Obtaining Slaves
African groups usually captured slaves for sale
What are States such as Oyo, Benin, Dahomey, and Asante?
Groups of slaves marching to the coast
What are Coffles (or caravans)?
What are the Slave quarters where captives were kept before shipment?
What are barracoons?
Three regions that formed the Triangle of Trade
What is Europe, West Africa, and the Caribbean/Americas?
Places scrambles took place
On docked ships or warehouse close to ports
TWO methods used to capture slaves
What are Tribal wars and village raids?
TWO ways slaves were chained during the march.
What are by the ankles and by the neck?
Slave quarters used to hold captives before shipment were known by this name.
What are barracoons?
Goods traded from Europe to Africa
What are manufactured goods such as cloth, firearms, iron bars, brassware, and woollens?
The 1850 post-Transatlantic slave trade African Population
What is 25 million?
Age group and gender most preferred by Europeans in earlier years of the trade
What are Boys and men aged 16–40 years?
This often happened to sick or injured captives.
What is being abandoned to die?
The purpose of branding slaves
What is showing ownership by a European country and prevent false resale?
Voyage carrying enslaved Africans from Africa to the Americas
What is The Middle Passage?
Dutch Port of calls in the Caribbean
What is Curacao, New Amsterdam, and St. Eustatius?
Younger captives were preferred because they possessed this quality
What is strength or physical fitness for plantation labour?
Ships waiting on the coast and increasing feeding costs made this necessary during the journey.
What is speed?
Give THREE reasons a slave might be rejected.
What is old age, disease, poor teeth/lips/eyes?
The final leg of the triangle
What is the Homeward Leg?
The main 18th century trans-shipment port for the Spanish empire
What is Kingston?
This is the reason Africans captured slaves at times instead of Europeans
What is familiarity with the terrain and existing tribal conflict?
Coastal areas where slaves were traded.
What are the Gold coast, Ivory Coast, Grain Coast?
Names given to the rejected captives upon inspection at Caribbean ports
What are Makrons?
The estimated number of Enslaved Africans transported
What is 11 million?
TWO positive and TWO negative effects the Slave Trade had on Africa
What is
•Increased Inter-Tribal Conflict
•Destruction of entire tribes/nations
•Forced Mass migration
•Dependency on imports
•Introduction of new crops - Positive
•Creation of Business Class - Positive
•Technological and Industrial Stagnation
•Human Suffering
•Divided Communities