2.3 capture and the impact of the slave trade on west african socities pre-reading homework

Who was responsible for capturing most of the enslaved africans

African traders, slave raiders

Define coffles

A group of animals, prisoners, or slaves, enslaved people chained together in a line

List the conditions that enslaved africans faced on the march to the coast. How many died before reaching the coast?

• poorly fed

• harshly treated

• whipped

• Dragged along

• forced to work as porters (carrying heavy loads of goods)

One in 10 died before reaching the coast

Define barracoons. Describe the conditions there. How long were people typically kept there?

Sheds/barracoons were some enslaved people were confined before boarding slave ships during the second leg of the 3 past journey to the americas

Some were little more than exposed pens built near european trading forts, others sturdier structures deep inside forts

7 months ← kept in there til they died or were ready to be auctioned off

Describe how slave castles and barracoons made escape nearly impossible for those who were captured

They were securely constructed and guarded by armed men. Too far from home and they couldn’t rely on the locals → some would return slaves for money

Define bilboes. What does the use of them suggest about the willingness and ability of enslaved africans to resist their enslavement

They were iron leg cuffs used to shackle enslaved people

They really had to try super hard to resist. The object immobilized men on the slave ships and they hobbled like a three legged race