Slavery and Abolition

Question 1

What effect did the slave trade have on Africa? Choose four answers.Africa became very rich selling its people into slavery.Millions of enslaved Africans were taken to the Americas.Two million Africans died as a result of slave-trading wars.West Africa’s population dropped from 25 million to 20 million.African societies and communities were torn apart.

Question 2

When did British leaders begin to talk about the abolition of slavery?

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the 1700s

Question 3

The purpose of the slave codes was to

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legally protect slavery.

Question 4

In the Arab world, enslaved people were often

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European.

Question 5

Maria Stewart, abolitionist and former enslaved person, believed what most harmed enslaved people was a lack of access to

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education.

Question 6

In 1511, when enslaved Africans arrived in the Americas, they were considered

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a commodity.

Question 7

How has the abolition of slavery in Britain and the US affected the issue of global slavery up to the present day?

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It has reduced slavery worldwide, yet over thirty million people are still enslaved today.

Question 8

Abolition moved slowly in the US because

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the South’s economy depended on slavery.

Question 9

Which finally abolished slavery in the US?

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the Thirteenth Amendment

Question 10

The image shows a portion of a slave ship.

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Enslaved persons were forced into crowded conditions to carry as many people as possible.

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