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Transatlantic Slavery: how were West African societies impacted?

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  • Empire, persecution and resistance

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In this unit, pupils learn about the kingdoms of the Sahel and how the arrival of European traders in the region began to destabilise West Africa. Pupils build a deep knowledge of Transatlantic Slavery whilst retaining a focus on the impacts it had in West Africa.

This unit uses and builds on pupils' knowledge of the way in which European powers interacted with the indigenous peoples of the Americas that they built in the earlier unit on this topic. It also makes use of pupils' knowledge of West African civilisations such as Benin and Mali that they developed in key stage 2 and year 7 units. This unit prepares pupils for multiple future key stage 3 units that reference Britain's involvement in the Transatlantic Slave Trade, such as those about the British Empire and decolonisation.

  1. The kingdoms of the Sahel
  2. The arrival of European traders in West Africa
  3. The structure of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
  4. The expansion of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
  5. British involvement in Transatlantic Slave Trade
  6. The impact of the Transatlantic Slave Trade on West African society

  • Pupils know that slavery is a form of forced labour without compensation.
  • Pupils know that enslaved people endured much suffering.
  • Pupils know that Europeans bought enslaved people in Africa.
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