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SLAVERY

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

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SLAVERY

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  1. SLAVERY

  2. Quick History • Portugal – 1st in slave trade • Sugar plantations need lots of labor Cash crops are usually labor intensive! By 18th Century, 9/10 slaves are working on plantations.

  3. Black “Gold” • Europeans still going to Africa for gold • Also looking for black gold. What does that mean?

  4. Coffles

  5. Some ate clay • Slaves were marched from the interior of Africa to Port Cities (2 months)

  6. Barraccons

  7. Slaves were branded at this time Barracoons, cont’d

  8. Chains • 2-3 week wait before ship is full • Confined below deck • Suicide and uprisings most likely at this time • Hot coals used to burn lips. Why? • Women raped and sent below the deck again

  9. Array • Ship captains would try to get slaves with different culturesand languages • ½ year away from home to new “residence” • Climate • Food • Everything

  10. Surviving the Middle Passage • 10% – 20% dies crossing the Atlantic Ocean

  11. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nePOpkYwjY&feature=related&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=activehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nePOpkYwjY&feature=related&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active

  12. America • First African slaves in America brought to Jamestown in 1619 • Slavery institutionalized in many states by 1640 • Slaves became “chattel” property

  13. 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

  14. We are more alike than different. No human is more human than another. • Maya Angelou http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqBBoCp_Zu8&NR=1&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active

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