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Britain, Atlantic slavery and abolition

History · Britain Through Time · ages 11-13
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  1. What was the Middle Passage?

    • The voyage from the Americas to Europe with plantation crops
    • The voyage from Europe to Africa with manufactured goods
    • The forced crossing from Africa to the Americas

  2. In the triangular-trade model, what did ships carry from Europe to West Africa?

    • Sugar, tobacco and cotton crops
    • Guns, cloth and metal goods
    • Enslaved Africans sold in the Americas

  3. Merchants and port businesses in Liverpool and Bristol profited from the slave trade.

    Circle one:   True   False

  4. How did Equiano's writing and speaking support the abolition campaign?

    • He explained how merchants could plan profitable voyages
    • He described slavery and argued for abolition
    • He explained why Parliament should keep the trade legal

  5. Shoppers refused to buy slave-grown sugar as part of an abolition campaign. Which method were they using?

    • A boycott aimed at putting pressure on sellers
    • A petition aimed at collecting signatures for Parliament
    • A voyage aimed at importing sugar from another colony

  6. Enslaved people slowed work, broke tools, escaped and organised revolts. What does this evidence show?

    • They acted against slavery in several different ways
    • They depended entirely on British politicians to take action
    • They ended slavery in every colony as soon as Haiti became free

  7. A historian is comparing explanations for abolition. Which approach best uses the evidence in this lesson?

    • Treat the law as proof that all traders obeyed at once
    • Treat changing work patterns as proof that slavery ended by itself
    • Compare campaigns, resistance and economic interests

  8. A timeline says, "1807: Britain freed all enslaved people in its empire." Which correction is needed?

    • The law freed everyone but left the slave trade legal
    • The law banned the trade, not slavery itself
    • The law ended slavery worldwide without further changes
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  1. The forced crossing from Africa to the Americas · The Middle Passage was the forced Atlantic voyage of enslaved Africans to the Americas.
  2. Guns, cloth and metal goods · Manufactured goods went from Europe to Africa in the model. Captive Africans and plantation crops travelled on different routes.
  3. True · The trade brought profits to merchants and businesses in these ports. This does not mean every resident became wealthy.
  4. He described slavery and argued for abolition · Equiano was a formerly enslaved writer who described slavery in his book and spoke against it around Britain.
  5. A boycott aimed at putting pressure on sellers · In a boycott, people refuse to buy something to put pressure on sellers. It was one method used in abolition campaigns.
  6. They acted against slavery in several different ways · These actions show resistance by enslaved people. Haiti's revolution overthrew slavery there, but slavery continued elsewhere.
  7. Compare campaigns, resistance and economic interests · Historians compare campaigns, resistance and economic interests. They debate the effects of these influences rather than assuming one cause explains every case.
  8. The law banned the trade, not slavery itself · The 1807 law banned British participation in the trade. It did not free people already enslaved. Later legislation addressed slavery in most British colonies.
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