{"id":248,"date":"2025-09-29T09:53:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T09:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tss.stir.ac.uk\/?page_id=248"},"modified":"2025-12-08T11:49:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T11:49:03","slug":"africa-and-the-slave-trade","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tss.stir.ac.uk\/?page_id=248","title":{"rendered":"Africa and the Slave Trade"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The continent of Africa was changed beyond recognition by the European slave trade. The centuries long process intensified existing conflict between African nations and created new ones. To understand the slave trade is to understand the diversity and complexity of the African continent and the destructive and destabilising effect of European money and weapons.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"366\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/tss.stir.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Africa-shadow.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-489\" style=\"width:auto;height:350px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tss.stir.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Africa-shadow.png 366w, https:\/\/tss.stir.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Africa-shadow-275x300.png 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 366px) 100vw, 366px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How did the Igbo resist the slave trade?<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This lesson offers a close examination of one African society and how they strategised and organised to resist slave raids and slave traders. It is a standalone single lesson, that will enhance understanding of African history and encourage learners to think about resistance from the point of enslavement in West Africa.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/tss.stir.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/TSS-powerpoint-How-did-the-Igbo-people-resist-the-slave-trade-JM-2.pptx\">igbo resistance ppt<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/tss.stir.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/TSS-powerpoint-How-did-the-Igbo-people-resist-the-slave-trade-JM-21.pdf\">Igbo Resistance pdf<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong>How similar were West African Nations between 1770 and 1807?<\/strong><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This series of lessons allows learners to compare two African societies \u2013 the Kingdom of Nri (an Igbo state), and Asante. Learners will understand the culture, beliefs and politics of these societies. An extension lesson explores the history of another state, Dahomey. In addition to slides, there are printable maps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/tss.stir.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/TSS-Nri-and-Asante.pptx\">West Africa ppt<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/tss.stir.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/TSS-Nri-and-Asante1.pdf\">west africa pdf<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/tss.stir.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/TSS-How-similar-were-West-African-nations-printable-maps.pdf\">west africa maps handout<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What influenced the development of Africa in the 18th Century<\/strong>? <\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This series of four lessons begins by looking at West Africa before the European slave trade, Lesson 2 looks at the impact in general terms, before the final two lessons look at specific case studies of Igbo (Lesson 3) and Lagos (Lesson 4).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/tss.stir.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/TSS-Lesson-Plans.pdf\">lesson plans<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What were the social, economic and political conditions of West African societies prior to the slave trade?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/tss.stir.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/TSS-WestAfricanPolitics-ConditionsBefore.pptx\">Lesson one ppt<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/tss.stir.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/TSS-WestAfricanPolitics-ConditionsBefore.pdf\">Lesson one pdf<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>How did the trade in enslaved African people impact West African social, political, and economic conditions?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/tss.stir.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/TSS-WestAfricanPolitics-ImpactsofSlaveTrade.pptx\">Lesson two ppt<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/tss.stir.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/TSS-WestAfricanPolitics-ImpactsofSlaveTrade.pdf\">Lesson Two pdf<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/tss.stir.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/TSS-WestAfricanPoliticsImpact-on-Africa-Card-Task.pdf\">lesson two card task handout<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/tss.stir.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/TSS-WestAfricanPoliticsSourceHandout.pdf\">lesson two map handout<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>How did Igbo communities respond to the Trade in Enslaved African People?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/tss.stir.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/TSS-WestAfricanPolitics-IgboResponses.pptx\">Lesson three ppt<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/tss.stir.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/TSS-WestAfricanPolitics-IgboResponses.pdf\">lesson three pdf<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/tss.stir.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/TSS-IgboResponsesHandout-1.pdf\">lesson three Source reading handout<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Why did Lagos become such an important port for the trade in enslaved African people?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/tss.stir.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/TSS-WestAfricanPolitics-Lagos.pptx\">lesson four ppt<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/tss.stir.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/TSS-WestAfricanPolitics-Lagos.pdf\">lesson four pdf<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/tss.stir.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/TSS-WestAfricanPoliticsLagosEnslavedPeople.pdf\">lesson four lagos factsheet<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/tss.stir.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/TSS-WestAfricanPoliticsTriangleLagosHandout.pdf\">lesson four triangle task handout<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/tss.stir.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/TSS-WestAfricanPoliticsScholarshipHandout-copy.pdf\">lesson four scholarship handout<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What kinds of relationships did African nations have with Europeans in the Middle Ages?<\/strong> <\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This lesson introduces trade and cultural relationships between African and European societies in the Middle Ages. Using visual and material culture evidence, learners can explore how the two continents influenced each other before the advent and growth of the trade in enslaved African people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/tss.stir.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/TSS-Africa-and-the-European-Middle-Ages-2.pptx\">africa and europe Lesson ppt<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">AFRICA AND EUROPE worksheets<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/tss.stir.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/TSS-Africa-and-the-European-Middle-Ages-1.pdf\">AFRica and europe pdf<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Women Soldiers in Africa<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These lessons, look at the role of women warriors in two Atlantic spaces: Dahomey, West Africa and Haiti in the Caribbean. Lesson 1 contains a timeline activity on the Agoji women&#8217;s army. Lesson 2 is also stand alone, looking at women&#8217;s military roles in the Haitian Revolution (but also makes a direct link to one Agoji fighter who operated in both spaces).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/tss.stir.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/TSS-women-soldiers.pptx\">Women soldiers lesson<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The continent of Africa was changed beyond recognition by the European slave trade. The centuries long process intensified existing conflict between African nations and created new ones. 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