African Migration

• at was the main reason for african migration

  Transatlantic slave trade
• Where were they being forcefully moved around

  British plantations in the West Indies and North America
• Why were they being forcefully moved around

  • Britain was profiting from the industry
  • by 1750: Britain was the largest slave trading nation
  • until 1807: Britain transported 3.1 million African around the Atlantic
• What were the conditions like

  Poor, harsh, unbearable, torturours
• by the mid 18th century how many Africans were living in britain

  10,000
• who was enslaved and brought to Britain by Charles Stuart in 1771

  James Somerset
• What happened to James Somerset

  • he ran away and got caught
  • Granville Sharp got him tried fairly and freed on 22 June 1772
• Many fought for Britain in what war

  American War of Independence (1775-1783)
• What were given to those who fought in the war by why didn't it help

  given freedom, struggled to find work, became poor, started begging
• what was set up for poor people, when

  1786: Committee for the relief of the Black Poor
• what did Committee for the relief of the Black Poor do

  provided food and clothing, BUT after a while they didn't want to help anymore so they just sent them to Africa and didn't help those who wanted to stay
• Stats about ship with African beggars

  • April 1787
  • Bound to Sierra Leone
  • 401 beggars, 133 died on the way
• How was work in Britain

  Normal to most people
• How many people were in Britain in 1800

  15,000
• In what cities did the Black community grow

  Liverpool, Glasgow, Cardiff
• Main impact of Black migration

  Abolition of the slave trade
• Stats about Abolition

  • 1787: Society for the Abolition of slave trade formed
  • mid-18th century: black Africans started writing about their experiences in the slave trade
  • !833: Act ending slavery
  • Sugar Boycott: 300,000 don't buy sugar because it's a product of slavery
  • Christian Doctrine: all people Equal in God's eyes
  • Parliamentary campaign headed by William Wilberforce
  • less dependant on slave trade anyway because of industrial revolution