Enslavement and Trans-Atlantic Trade Vocabulary

Vocabulary flashcards covering key terms, historical figures, percentages, and trade concepts related to trans-Atlantic enslavement and colonization.

Thomas Clarkson

An author who wrote a history book detailing items like handcuffs and leg shackles, which he purchased as evidence at a shop in Liverpool.

Speculum oris

A tool mentioned as being used by surgeons for force-feeding.

Thumbscrew

A device used to punish enslaved people through painful pressure.

Brig Sally

A source document from 1765 whose account book manifest detailed the number of kidnapped Africans who died.

Triangular Trade

A system primarily based on trading manufactured goods for enslaved Africans, who then provided labor to supply Europeans with raw materials.

African Diaspora

The dispersion of African peoples to the Americas and Europe.

North America Enslavement Percentage

Approximately 5% of enslaved people were sent to North America.

South America Enslavement Percentage

Approximately 60% of enslaved people were sent to South America.

Caribbean Enslavement Percentage

Approximately 35% of enslaved people were sent to the Caribbean.

Map Line Thickness

On maps showing trans-Atlantic movement, the thickness of the lines represents higher population.

Dyed

The specific term used in the Brig Sally manifest to record deaths.

Handcuffs

A device used to padlock the right wrist of one person to the left wrist of another.

Main Goal of Lesson

To explain how enslavement shaped colonization using multiple sources to develop a claim.