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SLAVERY. Quick History. Portugal – 1 st in slave trade Sugar plantations need lots of labor. Cash crops are usually labor intensive! By 18 th Century, 9/10 slaves are working on plantations. Black “ Gold ”. Europeans still going to Africa for gold - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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SLAVERY
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QUICK HISTORYPortugal – 1st in slave tradeSugar plantations need lots of labor
Cash crops are usually labor intensive! By 18th Century, 9/10 slaves are working on plantations.
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Black “Gold”• Europeans still going to Africa for gold• Also looking for black gold. What does that
mean?
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Coffles
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*Some ate clay*Slaves were marched from the interior of
Africa to Port Cities (2 months)
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BARRACCONS
—n(formerly) a temporary place of confinement for slaves or convicts, esp those awaiting transportation
[C19: from Spanish barracón, from barracahut, from Catalan
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*Barracoons, cont’d
*Slaves were branded at this time
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Chains 2-3 week wait before ship is full Confined below deck
Suicide and uprisings most likely at this timeHot coals used to burn lips. Why?Women raped and sent below the deck again
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Array Ship captains would try to get slaves
with different cultures and languages ½ year away from home to new
“residence” Climate Food Everything
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SURVIVING THE MIDDLE PASSAGE
• 10% – 20% dies crossing the Atlantic Ocean
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nePOpkYwjY&feature=related&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active
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America• First African slaves in America brought toJamestown in 1619• Slavery institutionalizedin many states by 1640• Slaves became “chattel”property
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Amistad ". . . each of them are natives of Africa
and were born free, and ever since have been and still of right are and ought to be free and not slaves . . ."
S. Staples, R. Baldwin, and T. Sedgewick, Proctors for the Amistad Africans, January 7, 1840
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* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqBBoCp_Zu8&NR=1&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active
*We are more alike than different. No human is more human than another.
* Maya Angelou