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Trans-Atlantic
Explanation of Slave Trade
Controversies
Important Figures
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What year did the Slave trade end?
Treaty signed in 1807 and put in effect in 1808
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What is the number of people that died at sea during the trans-Atlantic Slave trade?
2 Million
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What was the explanation that Africans were enslaved because of their race?
Ideological
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What class of workers did slaves replace?
Indentured servants and Native Americans
100
Who was the British Pro Slave activist mentioned in Professor Nwokeji's lectures who wrote three books defending slave trade?
Hippisley
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What were some of John Hippisley justification for slavery?
Africans were born slaves. Their way of life-The Africans were already enslaving their own people and treated them more harshly
200
What is the Naval Force that played a key role in slowing down the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade?
The Anti-Slavery Squadron
200
What was explanation that stated, "New World slavery was not caused by racism, rather racism was caused by slavery"?
Economic
200
According to the lecture, this movement was the first international, non-governmental campaign geared toward a humanitarian cause.
The Anti-Slavery Movement
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Who is the Scotsman that was trained in Classical Economics who wrote "An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations", which stated slavery was inherently inefficient?
Adam Smith
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What are two suggestions as to why the British wanted to end the slave trade?
Because the British were sincerely interested in the moral issue of slavery being wrong and because they wanted to colonize Africa.
300
Acording to Professor Nwokeji’s lecture, approximately how many people died during the TAST?
12-15 Million
300
What was the explanation that stated that transportation accounted for 3/4 total cost of product?
Ideological
300
Who were the two main religious groups who had publicly entrenched their interests in Slave Trade?
Evangelicals and Quakers
300
In the year 2000, this person wrote "The Rise of African Slavery in the Americas", which formed the backbone for the ideological argument for slavery.
David Eltis
400
Islam and Christianity has been used as a tool for enslavement, how has the Bible been used to argue for slavery and against slavery?
Those who had a pro slavery stance used the justification that it was permissible to enslave heathens and non-Christians. They also used passages from the Bible that promoted submissiveness
400
What is The country, which began the triangle trade, established a monopoly on the export of slaves from 1440-1640 and was the last European country to abolish the institution of slavery.
Portugal
400
What was the explanation that said that Europeans couldn't enslave fellow Europeans?
Ideological
400
What is the title of John Hippisley’s famous essays, which were written in 1864, which defended slavery by stating that slavery was a better alternative to what the Africans suffered at home?
The Populaces of Africa
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Who was the American Historian who wrote "Africa in the Making of the Atlantic World", a book that stirred up controversy by stating that African economic strength and power was formidable and sufficient enough to challenge that of Europeans?
John Thornton
500
What is Eric Williams' argument on the foundation of the slave trade?
That Europeans were not being racist, but rather slavery was to promote economic prosperity.
500
What is the infamous route from Africa to the New World contributed 4 million deaths of slaves from 1500 to 1900.
The Middle Passage
500
What is the explanation that said that African men couldn't control their sex drives?
Sociological
500
What were some of the reasons why Europeans "needed" to take control of Africa to stop the slave trade?
- Europeans wanted African Kingdoms to sign treaties to stop the slave trade, but also signed away the African independence - Wanted control of African commodities - Controlling Africa would enhance economic progress - Needed resources and land to fund colonial projects
500
Who was the Harvard scholar who argued it was important to look at the way Europeans looked at other people?
Winthrop Jordan