Capture
Following capture, enslaved Africans were sometimes kept in these coastal buildings before ships arrived
What are slave forts?
This country was the main Western African nation to ship slaves across the Atlantic
Gabon
Enslaved Africans were often rubbed with this to make them look healthier for sale.
What is palm oil?
Slaves mainly worked on plantations growing crops such as these.
What are sugar, tobacco, rice, and cotton?
In 490 BCE, the Athenians defeated this empire at the Battle of Marathon.
What is the Persian Empire?
Captives were often chained together in pairs at this part of the body during the forced marches.
What are the ankles?
About half of all slave deaths on the journey were caused by this.
Dysentery
Enslaved Africans were sold at these public events.
What are slave auctions?
About 88% of American slave owners owned this number of enslaved people or fewer.
What is fewer than 20?
This leader united the Mongol tribes and created the largest land empire in history.
Who is Genghis Khan?
This was the first sight Olaudah Equiano described when he reached the African coast.
What is the sea and a slave ship?
The ship Brookes was built for 451 people but carried this many instead.
What is over 600 enslaved Africans?
At slave markets, enslaved Africans in this way to make them more appealing to buyers.
What was often cleaned, dressed, and paraded.
Plantation owners often relied on this method of punishment to enforce discipline.
What is whipping (or corporal punishment)?
This Roman leader was assassinated on the Ides of March, 44 BCE, by members of the Senate.
Who is Julius Caesar?
David Livingstone described seeing captives killed during the marches. What reason did enslavers give for this?
What is that they did not want to lose money on captives unable to march?
On average, a slave ship provided this much space per captive.
What is about 7 square feet?
Buyers often checked this on enslaved people bodies, checking that they are healthy.
Checking muscles, teeth and skin.
Plantation slaves often worked from sunrise to this time of day.
What is sunset (or dusk)?
This medieval chronicle, written by non-Vikings, described the raids on England but often portrayed Vikings as purely violent invaders.
What is the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle?
Captured Africans were often tied together in groups called these.
What are coffles?
Slave ships like The Brookes carried far more captives than they were built for. What long-term effect did this overcrowding have on many enslaved people?
What is permanent injury or being crippled from chains and cramped conditions?
Solomon Northup described enslaved people being forced to do this as part of their display at an auction.
Dance.
Enslaved people on plantations worked not only in the fields but also in these roles within households.
What are domestic servants (house slaves)?
In 1215, English barons forced King John to sign this document, which limited royal power and became a foundation for later democratic ideas.
What is the Magna Carta?