The Trade in Enslaved African People - Unit 1 Overview

Stages of the Triangular Trade

Overall journey, Outward Passage, Middle Passage, Homeward Passage

Slave Factories

Unhygienic, Dark, Separated families, Branded, Disease, Punishment

Conditions on the Middle Passage

Chained, Cramped, Force Fed, Exercise, Sexual Abuse, Whipped

Impacts of the Slave Trade on Africa

Depopulation, Disease, Lack of Development, Families Separated, Tribal Warfare, Normalisation of Racism

Living/Working Conditions on Plantations

Overcrowding, Unhygienic, Weeding, Planting, Sugar Boiling, Rat Catching

Punishments on Plantations

Whipping, Amputation, Sexual Abuse, Face Obstructions, Families separated, Hanging/Half Hanging

Methods of Resistance on Plantations

Working Slowly, Breaking tools, Maintaining African Culture, Pretending not to understand, Running away, Arson

Reasons Why Resistance Was Difficult

Threat of punishment, Slave divisions, Slave hunters, Location, Worse punishments, Branded

Impacts of the Slave Trade on the Caribbean

Destruction of Environment, Over-reliance on one crop, Loss of small farms, Racist ideology, Native population dies out, Stifled economy

Impacts of the Slave Trade on Britain

Direct jobs, Indirect jobs, Development of ports, New consumer goods, Civic Buildings, Banking and Finance

Arguments Against the Abolition of the Slave Trade

Profits, Jobs, Expensive compensation, Fear of revolt, Loss of tax revenue, MP's invested

Arguments For the Abolition of the Slave Trade

Cruelty, Religion, Cheaper workers elsewhere, Unfair competition, Global image, Negative impact on industrialisation

Prominent Abolitionists/Abolition Groups

William Wilberforce, Granville Sharp, John Newton, Oloudah Equiano, Thomas Clarkson, Women's groups

Methods Used by the Abolitionists

Lobbying MPs, Producing coins/pottery, Evidence gathering, Propaganda, Publicity, Petitions