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THE ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE
AMERICAN HISTORY: UNIT 1 LECTURE 3
BACKGROUND TO SLAVE TRADE
• Both sugar plantations and tobacco farms required a lot of labor. Europeans had planned to use Native Americas for labor.
Problems with Native People as workers:• A. Familiarity with
land/easy to escape• B. Disease• C. Not used to hard
labor
BACKGROUND TO SLAVE TRADE
•Because of these problems, Europeans in the New World look to a new source for workers - African Slaves•Slavery already occurred in West Africa – Europeans take advantage of it
DEMAND FOR SLAVES IN THE NEW WORLD
For Europeans in America, African slaves were a good solution. Why?1. They were resistant to disease2. They knew how to farm3. Didn't know the land4. Skin color made them easy to
identify
THE ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE
• ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE soon develops.
• ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE = the buying and selling of Africans for work in the New World.
• Starts with Spanish and Portuguese – Most slaves end up in BRAZIL
ENGLISH COLONISTS NEED FOR SLAVES
•When the English colonized America, they often brought INDENTURED SERVANTS
• INDENTURED SERVANT - A person who agreed to work in America for a specific period of time in exchange for passage.
INDENTURED SERVANTS
Problems with Indentured Servants • Eventually they are allowed to go free. • Freed Servants Need Land• Causes conflicts in society
BACON'S REBELLION
• Group of Virginians - some of them freed servants - demand Indian lands• Governor of VA wants
to keep peace, sides with Indians• Rebels, led by
Nathaniel Bacon, burn Jamestown and nearly kill the governor
RESULTS OF BACON’S REBELLION
• Scares the Nobles of Virginia• Start looking at a source of labor that won't cause these types of problems - African slaves.•Why?
Because they will never be free!
THE SLAVERY BUSINESS
• England and English Colonies quickly become largest carrier of slaves• From 1690 to 1807,
English transport ~ 1.7 Million slaves to Americas• 400,000 land in
todays U.S.
TRIANGULAR TRADE
Transatlantic trade involving slaves, raw materials, and manufactured goods.
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THE MIDDLE PASSAGE
• Trip from Africa to the Americas was known as the Middle Passage•Marked by terrible cruelty and awful conditions
FINAL FIGURES
•Over 12 Million Africans were enslaved in The Americas•Only about 5% came to the modern U.S. – Most to Southern Colonies• The SLAVE TRADE was outlawed in 1808
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