Chapter 25 Study Cards APWH

Songhay Empire

Empire . Third West African Empire conquered by Moroccans with guns

Songhay Empire

Continued a tradition of trans - Saharan trade - gold , salt , slaves

Queen Nzinga

Queen of Angola - resisted Portuguese intrusion ( slave trade )

Queen Nzinga

To show power - dressed as a male , surrounded herself with male " concubines " dressed as women

Islamic slave trade

These merchants have been trading humans for labor for hundreds of years

Islamic slave trade

Trans - Saharan , Swahili Coast

Triangular trade

A system of trade connecting Europe , Africa , and the Americas

Triangular trade

Horses and guns to Africa , slaves to the Americas , rum & natural resources to Europe

Middle passage

passage 4 to 6 week journey from Africa to the Americas

Middle passage

Africans crammed , abused , and died on this journey , but mortality rates declined over time because of profits

Saint Domingue

French controlled Caribbean Island - main purpose is sugar production - slaves

Saint Domingue

Home of successful slave rebellion - renamed Haiti

African-American culture

Customs and culture merged into Euro-American society

African-American culture

Creole language, Vodou, drumming, dancing, banjos, okra, gumbo

Olaudah Equiano

Former slave who became literate and wrote about the horrors of slavery

Olaudah Equiano

Important person for the abolition of slavery movement

End of slave trade

Early 1800's European countries began to stop participating in the sale of human beings

End of slave trade

Owning humans was still legal, especially in the Americas, but transporting human from Africa to the
Americas ended.

Abolition of slavery

Middle to late 1800's European states made it illegal to own humans

Abolition of slavery

Can be seen as an extension of human rights movements coming from the enlightenment, but also a strong
argument that owning and selling humans is not cost efficient.