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In what year did the Catholic Church end its support of slavery?
1887
What was the average amount of time that the slaves spent working per day in the West Indies?
18 hours
What were the two most common crops in plantations in the West Indies?
Sugar and Coffee
Where did most slaves come from?
Africa
Where did the earliest interactions between Europeans and slaves in the New World [Americas] take place?
Caribbean islands/West Indies
For how many years was slavery the driver of Brazil's economy?
350
In the early 19th century, what percentage of enslaved Africans in Nevis, Montserrat and Tobago worked on sugar estates?
90%
True or False
Slaves of all ages had to work on plantations until their death.
True
Where were slaves conditions worse - Brazil or West Indies?
Brazil
What was a marronage
Escaping from slavery
When slavery was abolished in 1888, how many remaining slaves in Brazil were freed?
700,000
What are two examples of more subtle resistance to slavery from Brazil?
Working slowly
Sabotaging machinery and tools
What was the term used to describe escaped slaves in Jamaica?
Maroons
In Brazil in the 17th century, how many slaves worked in sugar plantations?
560,000
How many slaves launched a revolt in Bahia, Brazil in 1835?
500
Slave revolts were common in the West Indies in the late 18th and early 19th century, how many on average per year?
2
What was the name of the slave who led a revolt in Demerara in 1823?
Quamina
On Belize, in what industry did most slaves work?
Timber
Where did the most successful rebellion from slavery occur in the West Indies?
Haiti / Saint Domingue
True or False
The slave code in Brazil prevented slave owners from physically abusing their slaves.
True
The revolt in Haiti/Saint Diomingue targetted slave owners from which two European nations?
Britain and France
What was the name of the Brazillian law abolishing child slavery called?
Free Womb Law
What was the last name of Naomie Harris' ancestor who was a supervisor of a plantation after the abolishment of slavery?
Langdon
Name two West Indian colonies where coffee was produced
Jamaica, Dominica, St Vincent, Grenada, St Lucia, Trinidad, Demerara.
What percentage of immigrants who went to colonies in Brazil were slaves?
70%