“This Accursed Trade”: The British Slave Trade and its Abolition, Part 2: European and World Context 6. Revision Lesson

Main topics (1) Start: –Triangle Trade benefits to Britain Benefits to West Indies effects on Africa –Capture of slaves Factories Conditions for slaves on ships –Ways slaves resisted

Main topics (2) Sale of slaves in West Indies Life on Plantations –Ways slaves resisted Abolition of slave trade –Opposition to abolition Who opposed abolition, and why arguments to keep slave trade –Key supporters of abolition and what they did Campaign in Parliament –William Wilberforce Economic, moral and social arguments to stop slave trade

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Practice Question 1 Source A is about the slave “factories” on the West African coast. Although kidnapping still went on it did not provide enough slaves. The European traders began to buy slaves from African chiefs. As the trade got bigger, the Europeans built forts which were called “factories”. White men lived there all year round collecting slaves and supplying them to ships when it was the season for ships to come. 1.What part did the slave “factories” play in the slave trade? (Use Source A and recall.) Source A

Practice Question 2 Source B is an account of conditions on board a slave ship by Captain William Littleton, a slave trader, in It is a general rule to keep the slaves on deck as much as possible. All ships are equipped with air holes and gratings. Sometimes the slaves, when below, complain of too much air. 2.How useful is Source B as evidence of conditions on board ship during the “Middle Passage”? Source B

Practice Question 3 Source C describes the beginning of the Abolitionist Movement. It was the British Quakers who launched a pubic campaign against the slave trade. They received mass support from the Baptists and Methodists and in 1787 persuaded Granville Sharp to become chairman of the Abolition Society. One founder member, Thomas Clarkson, collected much evidence of cruelty. 3.Describe the beginnings of the Abolitionist Movement. (Use Source C and recall.) Source C

Practice Question 4 Describe conditions for slaves during the Middle Passage. 5 marks