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SLAVERY!!
That dark period in America’s past that many would like to forget, ignore, and avoid discussing altogether.
Get over it ???? !!!!! HOW CAN WE BE CALLED “AFRICAN -
AMERICAN “
BUT NOT TALK ABOUT
HOW WE REALLY CAME HERE?
WELL….. When Songhai weakened, the West
African people were without a strong government and leader.
Tribal wars existed and Africans enslaved one another.
EUROPEAN EXPLORATION During this same
time, Europeans were exploring the world, in search of new trade routes and religious freedom.
EUROPEAN EXPLORATION Led by Portugal,
and Spain these; Europeans nations spent lots of money and time sailing the seas.
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
Was financed by Spain to find an easier trade route to India to trade for spices.
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS Greatly
underestimated the size of the seas while traveling west and ended up in a place he NEVER knew existed.
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS When he arrived,
people were ALREADY living there.
Believing he was in India, Columbus called them INDIANS… a term that is STILL used to this day.
So in reality…. Columbus DID NOT “discover” AMERICA.
As some give him credit for doing.
The Native Americans were exploited and
enslaved by the Europeans until they eventually died off.
The 1st slaves in America The Native Americans
were the first slaves in America.
They died off very quickly from the alcohol and diseases brought to them from the Europeans.
EUROPEAN INVADERS In time, African
slaveholders began to trade other Africans to Europeans who were in desperate need of help in establishing
their “stolen land.” from the Native Americans.
EUROPEAN INVADERSThe following countries in Europe took slaves
out of Africa to be made slaves in the “New World” .
Portugal Spain England
Netherlands France
1ST LEG The first leg of the trip was from Europe to
Africa
Guns, alcohol, cloth, iron were sent to African villages in order to instigate wars and have Africans capture other Africans for trade to Europeans.
2ND LEG
Captured Africans sent to the Caribbean/West Indies and the Americas.
Known as the “Middle Passage”
MIDDLE PASSAGE The trip on the slave ships would last
anywhere from 3 to 4 months.
Ships were over packed and many Africans died along the way from starvation, disease, sickness, suicide, and exhaustion. Some of the women were even RAPED!
3RD LEG
Raw materials were sent to Europe. Europe could sell them to other countries for profit.
sugar cotton indigo
tobacco molasses rice
SUGAR CANE
Sugar Cane fields were primarily in the Caribbean islands and the slaves produced the world’s supply of sugar during that time period.
INDIGO Indigo is a plant
where you can extract a bluish dye from.
Indigo was used for color in making clothes.
COTTON Cotton was the
main cash crop in the South. Cotton plants are low to the ground and takes a lot of work to pluck out the seeds.
TOBACCO Tobacco is grown
in the fields and is the main ingredient in cigarettes and cigars. Virginia is the main region slaves harvested tobacco
RICE Rice is grown in
the fields and takes a long process to harvest. Slaves picked rice in the South Carolina region.
$$$$$$$$$ Many nations
financed and backed the slavery system and made huge profits from the slavery system.
RELIGION Europeans mis-
interpreted certain scripture in the Bible to MAKE themselves BELIEVE that enslaving BLACK people was in accordance to God.
WILLIE LYNCH
Willie Lynch was a white slave-owner who lived in the West Indies/Caribbean during the times of slavery
WILLIE LYNCH
THE SLAVES IN THE AREA WERE GETTING OUT OF CONTROL AND SLAVE-OWNERS WERE RESULTING IN BEATING AND KILLING THEIR SLAVES TO ATTEMPT TO KEEP THEM IN LINE.
WILLIE LYNCH
THIS TYPE OF PUNISHMENT WAS NOT THE ANSWER BECAUSE THE SLAVES NEEDED TO BE PHYSICALLY HEALTHY IN ORDER TO WORK
WILLIE LYNCH
SAID THAT HIS METHOD WOULD LAST FOR AT LEAST 300 YEARS BUT COULD LAST FOR EVEN THOUSANDS OF YEARS