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Grades 9 and 10 - History - High School - The Slave Trade
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The Slave Trade was about the buying and selling of humans. By the 1700s a lot of people were getting very rich from the slave trade.
 

Grades 9 and 10 - History - High School - The Slave Trade
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20 Questions

1. What type of songs were a response to the slave trade?
2. Which statement about slave ships is false?
3. The slave ships operated across which ocean?
4. Which port was NOT associated with the slave trade?
5. Which American organization helped runaway slaves to escape?
6. Which region was not part of the trade triangle?
7. 130 sick slaves were thrown overboard from which ship in 1782?
8. Runaway slaves in the West Indies had what name?
9. The second leg of the triangle was known as the what?
10. What was least likely to be exchanged for slaves in America?
11. Who was the captain of the Zong?
12. In 1729 a slave was legally said to be .......
13. Which islands were notorious for buying slaves?
14. Slave trade ships sailed what route?
15. Who was heavily involved in the Zong court case?
16. Why were some slaves thrown overboard while still alive?
17. Slaves who came to Britain usually worked as what?
18. Where were most slaves put to work?
19. Which British colony in America was famous for tobacco growing?
20. What often happened to whole families sold as slaves?