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history Slavery (Consequences of the slave trade (African slaves shared…
history Slavery
Consequences of the slave trade
African slaves shared their knowledge, skilled craftsmanship, religion, tradition, cooking, clothes, music and dance. Their expertise in growing rice in hot, swampy conditions led to rice being one of the biggest cash crops in the US.
People believe that white supremacist racism grew because of the slave trade
Some historians think Africa was colonised by European countries because Africa fell behind the rest of the world because of the slave trade (Losing millions of strong, young people)
Abolition
there was resistance
Some African rulers refused to sell salves
some villages attacked British slave ships
slaves mutinied on board ships
Meany slave rebellions
Maroon communities that fort against the British
in 1787 the Committee for there Abolition of the Slave Trade was set up
William Wilberforce fort for the end of Slavery
Cost of slaves went up quicker than the selling amount and the slave trade was therefore less profitable.
middle passage
Unknown millions died before they even made it to the ships.
Approx a fifth of the slaves died on the Middle Passage across the Atlantic.
its estimated that 12 million Africans were captured as slaves to be taken to America.
how did slavery transform Britain?
it is estimated between 1640 and 1807 that 3.1 million Africans were transported to many country's.
The slave trade made many people in the UK very rich but ruined the lives of those captured.
The Slave Trade was a great atrocity and a crime against humanity