Trade in Enslaved African People Crossword

2. A good transported in a ship, aeroplane or vehicle
4. a building on the African coast where captured Africans were held until a slave ship arrived to take them to the Americas to be sold
6. the islands off the east coast of North, Central and South America that were called the West Indies by Columbus
7. an event where things are bidded on and then bought
12. bringing an end to something
14. to be marked permanently with a hot iron as identifiable property; traditionally used on cattle and livestock as well as on some enslaved people to denote ownership
15. metal hoops and chains put round the necks, wrists and ankles of (usually male) enslaved people to restrain them
16. A means of guaranteeing protection

1. A trader of goods, buying for one price and selling them on for an increased price
3. making amends, compensation; claim to payments to the descendants of the enslaved and to Africa by those who benefited economically from slavery
5. the system of trade between Africa, Britain and the Americas
8. another word for being held
9. The name of the slave ship which became infamous when, in 1781, had 131 enslaved people were thrown overboard to their death, so that the slave traders could claim the loss against the insurance
10. a major island in the Caribbean, containing the two sovereign states of the Dominican Republic and Haiti
11. the journey across the Atlantic between Africa and the Americas
13. a crop known for its sweet taste that is used in lots of modern food and was a luxury at the time of the transatlantic slave trade