History unit 2

Vocabulary flashcards covering the key issues of the Transatlantic Triangular Trade, conditions in the Caribbean, captive experiences, and the British abolition movement.

Triangular Trade

A commercial trade system structured around three main stages: the outward passage, the middle passage, and the return voyage.

British ports enriched by the slave trade

Major port cities including Liverpool, Glasgow, Bristol, and London that experienced significant growth in population, jobs, and wealth.

Impact of the slave trade on African society

Widespread consequences such as depopulation, a loss of young people, warfare, lack of technological development, shifts in language and culture, and the rise to power of the Ashanti and Dahomey kingdoms.

Middle Passage

The second and central stage of the Triangular Trade across the Atlantic Ocean, marked by horrific and lethal conditions for enslaved captives.

Slave 'factories'

Fortified coastal holding stations and compounds used along the African coast to detain and hold captives prior to their forced transport.

Slave auctions

Public market events where captured and enslaved people were inspected and sold to plantation owners and buyers.

Sugar

The primary plantation cash crop grown and harvested through forced enslaved labor in the Caribbean.

British economic sectors boosted by the trade

Key domestic industries that directly benefited and expanded from the trade, specifically banking, ship-building, and textiles.

Negative impacts on the Caribbean islands

Adverse effects including harm to native populations, destruction of natural beauty by plantations, entrenchment of racism, imported ideas, and increased danger.

Forms of slave labour

Different types of coerced work on plantations, including field labor, domestic roles, serving as slave drivers, and cultivating other crops.

Quakers

A religious group that played a foundational role in the origins of the abolition movement by formulating religious, moral, and economic arguments against the slave trade.

Methods of the abolition movement

Organized campaigning tactics used to oppose the trade, including signing petitions, holding public meetings, and distributing symbols.

Prominent abolitionists

Leading historical figures who campaigned against the slave trade, including William Wilberforce, Olaudah Equiano, Thomas Clarkson, Granville Sharp, John Newton, and Josiah Wedgwood.