The experience of the enslaved

How did the enslaved empower themselves?

religion, language, culture, music and revolution

What would the overseers do if they though the slaves weren't working hard enough?

Whip them

Where did the enslaved live?

In wooden shacks with 10 to a room on average and slept on straw beds

What happened if they tried to escape?

branded with a burning hot iron, showing that they were the property of their masters

Did it matter if someone died from disease or overwork to the slave masters?

No, because they have another ship full of the enslaved arriving soon

What happened on Sundays for the enslaved?

No work

Who was Olaudah Equiano?

Former slave who wrote of his experiences in the Middle Passage

How did the plantation owners take control of the enslaved?

By stripping their identities and cultures: new names, a new diet, climate, language and new customs. This was called seasoning. During this period, they also worked 18 hour days

What were the 3 main causes of death?

exhaustion, injury or disease

When and what was the Amelioration Act?

1798, passed by parliament and applied to British colonies, where slaves could only work 14 hour days

What did the act aim to do?

protect enslaved people from cruel punishments by introducing fines for owners who mistreated them.

What did it actually achieve?

Nothing changed really

Why did people working on sugar cane plantations often have to have arms amputated?

The rollers used to extract the juices, also very dangerous

How did the enslaved show resistance of work?

Breaking tools/working at a slow pace

Although there was no work, what were the enslaved forced to do on Sundays?

Go to church

What are maroon communities/Nyankipong Pickibu?

People who have escaped slavery and are living free

How did the Americas benefit from the African craft that they brought with them?

They brought over: basket weaving, quilt making, African medicinal practices and agriculture skills

When was the abolition of the slave trade act?

1807

What did it do and not do?

Made it illegal to buy and sell slaves, but not illegal to keep the ones the plantations already have

When did Haiti become a republic?

1804