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Slavery

Terms in this set (39)

Years of slavery
16th-19th century
Someone with no rights who could be bought and sold by others
Slave
Huge ocean that separates Europe and Africa from America
Atlantic
Selling of people from Africa as slaves to people in America and the Caribbean
Atlantic Slave Trade
Large farm growing one crop
Plantation
Valuable crops grown in the Caribbean and America
Tobacco, sugar and cotton
Controlled most of India during the 18th century
East India Company
Journey of slaves from Africa to the Americas
Middle Passage
Length of the slave ship journey across the Atlantic
40 to 70 days
Severe form of diarrhoea
dysentery
Number of Africans who did not survive the Atlantic crossing.
One in five
Where slaves were bought and sold
Auction
Adding a permanent mark to your skin
Branding
Amount of time slaves worked each day
18 hours
Slaves refusing to accept that they were the property of someone else
Resistance
Slaves destroying something for a reason
Sabotage
Caribbean
Islands off the coast of the United States
Southern states
Region of the United States with slave plantations
North of the United States
Region of the United States without slavery
Slave Rebellions
An attempt to take control of a plantation or even a whole region.
1807
Slave trade abolished in British colonies
1865
"end" of slavery in US
1833
Slavery abolished in British Empire
Middle Passage
the route which the slave traders used to transport slaves from Africa during the days of the Transatlantic slave trade.
slaveholder
someone who buys, sells, and uses people as slaves.
slavery
when a person is legally owned property of another and is forced to obey them.
Plantation
an estate on which crops such as coffee, sugar, and tobacco are grown.
whipping
beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
Obedience
compliance with an order, request, or law or submission to another's authority.
lashing
an act or instance of whipping
crop
any plant gathered from a field as a harvest during a particular season
enslaved
made into slavery and treated as property
Slave Codes
State laws that restricted slave freedoms and rights by creating clear expectations for the roles of slaves and slave owners.
slave auction
a public sale in which slaves were sold to the highest bidders
bidder
a person who offers to pay a certain amount of money for something
slave trade
European trade agreement with Africa dealing with slaves brought from Africa. Integral part of Triangle Trade between the Americas, Africa, and Europe.
an overseer
a man who was paid to keep an eye on the slaves on the plantation to make sure they worked as hard as they could.
dehumanize
Deprive of human qualities; to treat as if less than a person
systematic
organise and planned, made up of steps or stages.
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