Slavery

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Slavery
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Slavery in Africa

• Slavery had deep roots in Africa
• Labor is something worth fighting for because of
  the low population density
• Captives were a resource to be won
• Slaves were almost always prisoners of war
• Some sold themselves in order to avoid starvation

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• Not large scale slavery (like in the New World)
• No factory mines/plantations
• Africans lived in small communities close
  slave/master relationship

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Why Slavery in the New World?

• Within 100 years, almost 95 of the native
  populations wiped out
• Needed workers for labor intensive farming
• Sugar in particular

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Slavery in the New World

• Chattel Slavery
• Slaves are property and can be traded
• No rights
• Expected to perform labor _at_ the command of a
  master

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The Slavery Continuum
New World slavery
Cinderella
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Capture and the Middle Passage

• After capture, Africans were packed tightly into
  slave ships.
• The death rate of the passengers was 25-50.

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The Middle Passage
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Destination, Auction, and Seasoning

• Most Africans landed in Brazil less in North
  America.
• They learned an European language, were named an
  European name, and were shown labor requirements.

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Why Not Enslave the Native Population?

• Native Americans were highly likely to catch
  European diseases.
• They were familiar with the terrain and could
  escape easier.

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Reasons for Using Enslaved African Labor

• Proximity-
• It only took 2-6 weeks to get to the colonies
  from the Caribbean at first.
• Experience-
• They had previous experience and knowledge
  working in sugar and rice production.
• Immunity from diseases-
• Less likely to get sick due to prolonged contact
  over centuries.
• Low escape possibilities-
• They did not know the land, had no allies, and
  were highly visible because of skin color.

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Other forms of Coerced labor in the New World

• In your textbook write an identification for the
  following (make sure to include what it is, how
  it work, where it is was, and what effects it had
  on Native people)
• Indentured Servitude
• Spanish adaptation of the Inca mita system

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Question to Answer

• How did plantations drive the slave trade in the
  Americas?