West Africa before the European slave trade
The nature of slavery in West Africa before Europeans
The impact of the transatlantic slave trade on slaves
What it was like to be a plantation slave in the American South Slave culture in songs and stories Resistance to slavery: individual responses, e.g. sluggishness, passivity, indifference, shirking, alcoholism, flight, suicide, arson, murdering owners
Rebellion against slavery
Nat Turner’s revolt 1831
Joseph Cinque and the Amistad Mutiny 1839
The Underground Railroad (an informal network of secret routes and safe houses used by escaping slaves) Harriet Tubman: slave who escaped to freedom, and helped other slaves to escape
The story of John Brown and his mission to abolish slavery
Slavery in the American South
Plantations: tobacco, rice, sugar cane and cotton -- Reasons for using slave labour --
How slaves were captured, sold and transported from West Africa Slave markets--
Numbers of slaves that were taken to America What happened to the raw materials that slaves produced.
The impact of the transatlantic slave trade on the economies West Africa -- America and Britain Gains for America and Britain and negative impact on West Africa
Formal Assessment:
The above topics will be tested in a form of an examination (Task 3) which will cover both Term 1 and Term 2 content.