Africans replaced both Native Americans and the English themselves as indentured servants.
100
What was the Middle Passage?
The route in the Atlantic ocean through which slaves were transported.
100
Who were the original slaves in the New World?
Native Americans and indentured servants (English)
100
Name a colony that was not dependent on the use of slaves?
Plymouth
200
How was slavery different in Africa than in the New World?
In Africa, a slave was considered a lesser part of the family while in America, a slave was treated as property.
200
What are common European diseases that spread rapidly through slave ships?
Measles and Smallpox
200
Which region of colonies had a greater need for slaves?
Southern region such as Jamestown.
200
Name a slave who gave one of the only firsthand accounts of life in Africa, the MIddle Passage, and in America.
Olaudoh Equiano
300
True or False: A slave in Africa could earn their freedom.
True.
300
True or False:
All of the slaves in a slave ship survived the passage to America.
False. 1 in 5 perished before reaching the New World. The dead bodies were thrown into the ocean.
300
What crop did the slaves know how to grow therefore introduce to the New World?
Rice.
300
What colony had the largest percentage of slaves in 1770?
South Carolina
400
Why was Africa part of the slave trade?
2 reasons:
- It was part of the Trans-Atlantic trade route so it was convenient
- Africans had built up an immunity to European diseases while Native Americans died often from the same diseases
400
True or False:
All the slaves on the slave ships were bound for mainland America.
False. Only a small percentage (about 5%) were going to the mainland. The vast majority landed in Brazil or the West Indies.
400
True or False:
Slave families were kept together when sold on the auction block.
False
400
Name 3 of the 4 first mass consumer goods for international trade produced by slaves.
Sugar, rice, tobacco, coffee
500
Who originally forced Africans into slavery?
Other Africans who had conquered those who would later be sold into slavery
500
About how many slaves fit in the lower decks of a slave ship?
About 300 (292 slaves)
500
How many slaves resided in Chesapeake, the largest and oldest tobacco plantation in 1770?
More than 270,000 slaves.
500
How many slaves came to the New World between 1492 and 1820?