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Source A:
British Map of the Coast of Africa,
1663-1681
European ‘factories’ on the
Gold and Slave Coasts are
marked by flags, most of
them coloured to indicate
nationality
Source A:
British Map of the Coast of Africa,
1663-1681
Source A:
British Map of the Coast
of Africa, 1663-1681
The source tells us:
• The British were the only nation trading in Africa
• Enslaved Africans were taken from along the whole
…Coast of Africa
• In the second half of the 17th century the British ...
... had the most factories in Africa
• The British started trading in Africa in the ... ... ...
…eighteenth century
• The British were not the only nation who set up
...‘factories’ in Africa
• Enslaved Africans were mainly taken from a small ...
…area of the West Coast
Source A:
British Map of the Coast
of Africa, 1663-1681
Can we infer anything else from the source?
The source suggests to us:
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Source A:
British Map of the Coast
of Africa, 1663-1681
Can we infer anything else from the source?
The source suggests to us:
• The slave trade was important to Britain
• The slave trade was worth a lot of money
• Only Britain was doing well in this trade
• Maybe..
• Maybe..
• Maybe..
• Maybe..
The Truth
about
Britain’s
role in
the Slave
Trade
Source A:
British Map of the Coast
of Africa, 1663-1681
To what extent would you rely on the
details that you have found in this source?
Do you think this source provides reliable
evidence of Britain’s role in the slave trade?
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1. Who do you think made this map?
Does this affect its use to historians exploring Britain’s role in the slave trade ?
2. When was the map made?
Does this affect its use to historians exploring Britain’s role in the slave trade ?
3. For what purpose was the map drawn?
Does this affect its use to historians exploring Britain’s role in the slave trade ?
http://www.slavevoyages.org/
What is a database?
T database
For example, the map suggests most of the traders were British
between 1663 and 1681…
European ‘factories’ on the
Gold and Slave Coasts are
marked by flags, most of
them coloured to indicate
nationality
For example, the map suggests most of the traders were British
between 1663 and 1681…
This inference becomes the basis for a
hypothesis…
How
European ‘factories’ on the
Gold and
Slave
Coasts are
How would you phrase
the
hypothesis?
marked by flags, most of
them coloured to indicate
could the slavevoyages database
help check the
nationality
hypothesis?
You can use the database to ask
‘How many trading journeys were being carried out between 1663 and 1681‘ ‘
What is the answer per country?’
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Does the Graph support our findings when we compare it to the map source?
Or does it contradict them?
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T database
How valuable is the slavevoyages database?
Sources ?
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Map source
Other sources ?