A Cruel Atlantic Journey
On the boat, enslaved Africans were kept where?
below deck
West Africa was home to many different what?
different kingdoms and empires, comprised of various cultures, languages and types of governments.
After the Revolution, the South relied on what?
agriculture for its development and needed enslaved workers to work the fields
In triangular trade, merchant ships visited which three places?
England, Africa and the United States
Some slaves ran away via the what?
Underground Railroad
Deaths of one in every 10 captives was caused by what?
Malnourishment, filth, unsanitary conditions, suicide, depression and mutinies (rebellions)
The people of Benin worked with what?
bronze, copper, ivory and brass
After the Revolution, the North became what?
industrialized and immigrants arrived
African countries mostly traded what?
enslaved people with the Americas
Denmark Vesey organized a what?
organized a revolt in South Carolina.
True or False: The captive slaves were marched below deck and made to lie down, as close as possible to one another and then be chained together.
true
When trading with West Africans, what did Europeans want?
gold, spices, bronze and ivory.
Enslaved people usually worked from when to when?
sunup to sundown; six days a week
After ships were loaded in England, they would said to where?
sailed to Africa, where the goods were traded for gold, spices or enslaved people.
In response to these rebellions, the South passed what?
more severe laws and punishments for those found guilty.
To give the captive slaves exercise, they were made to "________" above deck.
dance
West African countries had governments that were what?
strong and large
Name 2 things that the slave codes said enslaved people could not do
they were not allowed to learn how to read or write; they could not own a gun; they were not allowed to do business without the permission of their owner; they could not meet in groups without a white person present.
Name 2 goods the United States traded.
molasses, rum, sugar, tobacco, rice and cotton.
Name 1 way enslaved people would rebel.
they would purposely work slowly;
they would deliberately break tools that needed repairing before being used again;
they pretended to be sick to get out of a few hours of work.
__________ _________ were so high on some ships that the sharks followed the ships all the way to the Americas.
Mortality rates
What type of trade had a profound impact on West African tribes?
The Atlantic slave trade
Name 2 things that Free African Americans were not allowed to/have?
they could not own weapons;
they could not testify in court;
they could not vote;
they were not even allowed to preach the Bible.
The triangular route would continue until what happened?
until slavery was outlawed in the Americas.
Nate Turner and his group of enslaved people of Virgina killed at total of how many white people?
about 75 men, women and children before they ran out of ammunition