What were the slave factories like?
- They were like prisons
- Males and females separated
- Females raped
- Harsh punishments
- Overcrowded cells
- Door of no return
- Ship doctors inspect and buy slaves
What was it like for slaves during the middle passage?
- Chained together
- Tight packed (sometimes loose packed)
- Half a pint of water a day
- Poor food, i.e. Maize, porridge, horse beans
- Stench from the hold
- Diseases, i.e. Dysentery, small pox, cholera
- Only a bucket for the toilet
- Thrown overboard if ill
- Forced to dance for exercise
- Punishments, i.e. Whipped, keel-halled
What did sellers do to slaves before an auction?
- Hid their scars with tar
- Covered in goose fat
- Shave them
What did buyers do while looking for slaves?
- Inspected slaves
- Females raped during inspection
- Treated like animals
What is a scramble?
People pay money, run and grab a slave
What happened if a slave was not bought?
Left to die at quayside
What effects did slavery have on Africa?
- Civil war was constant
- Drain of young people
- Loss of culture, skills and tradition
- Loss of farming
- Starvation
- Mineral wealth
What effects did slavery have on Britain?
- Trade with Bristol, Glasgow, Liverpool, London, etc for linen, guns, rum, pots & pans
- Jobs
- Cotton
- Insurance
- Bank
What effects did slavery have on the West Indies?
- Plantations made more money
- Cotton, Sugar, Rice, Tobacco
- Thousands of slaves - Rebellions
What did rebellion slaves do?
- Work slowly
- Break tools
- Act dumb
- Sleep in
- Eating / Stealing produce
What problems did the rebellions have?
- Didn’t all speak the same language
- Didn’t know where they were
- They were black in a white mans world
- If caught they were punished
- If they ran away they were punished
Who were the abolitionists?
- William Wilberforce
- Granville Sharp
- Thomas Clarkson
- John Newton
What did William Wilberforce do?
- Worked in parliament
* Spent 18 years presenting a bill to abolish slave trade
What did Granville Sharp do?
- He was a lawyer
* Defended slaves
What did Thomas Clarkson do?
Gathered evidence
What did John Newton do?
He was a slave ship captain but wrote down his experiences
