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Workshop II History of Slavery

Workshop II History of Slavery. Contextualizing Lived Experience Economic History Social History Oppression Human Agency. Prince Among Slaves. Lens View Larger Historical Development through the Book

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Workshop II History of Slavery

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  1. Workshop IIHistory of Slavery Contextualizing Lived Experience Economic History Social History Oppression Human Agency

  2. Prince Among Slaves Lens View Larger Historical Development through the Book Interweave Discussion of the Book with Contextual Information

  3. Timbo Timbo Timbuktu

  4. Comparative Perspectives What was the character of slavery in africa? (before the european slave trade)

  5. What began as incremental trade in human beings Developed into a complex political economy

  6. Triange Trade

  7. Capture in Africa Capture St. James Island, on the Gambia River

  8. Pictures from the Route to the Coast Market, Gold Coast, 1600s Corridor of No Return

  9. Elmina Slave Castle (Ghana)

  10. The Middle Passage

  11. Depictions of the Middle Passage

  12. Work and Life in the Americas

  13. Absolute Social Control? Shock of Enslavement Capture and Middle Passage: Separated families, ethnic groups, language groups Violence Lack of Education Separation from Religious Traditions and Practices

  14. Work • Above all…….provided raw materials for manufacturing and markets in Europe, Africa, and Asia • In the United States, built the South (literally) and fueled Northern Development • Work varied, depending upon the region and crop • Field Work • Domestic Work • Skilled Trades—Specialization • Carpenters, Shoemakers, black smiths, weavers

  15. Tobacco Cultivation

  16. Rice Cultivation

  17. Sugar Cultivation

  18. Resistance and Abolition

  19. West Indies

  20. Marriage

  21. Outright Resistance • Weapons of the “Weak” • Revolt Relatively Rare: African majorities, brutal exploitation, low survival rates, little acculturation, geographic isolation • Everyday Resistance • Worked slowly • Destroyed tools and property • Stole Food and other Resources • Ran away • Community and Family as resistance

  22. Christianity and Slavery • Social Control and Resistance • First and Second Great Awakenings • Revivals and Birth of Evangelical Christianity • Individual, Direct connection to the divine • Ideologically Undermines Hierarchy • Planters: Emphasized Obedience • Enslaved Men, Women, and Children • Held secret prayer meetings • Found a source of freedom and justice • Helped them survive in the face of oppression

  23. Anti-Slavery and Abolition

  24. A Diverse Movement • Anti-Slavery • Societies and politicians that believed slavery violated the ideals of the republic • Uneasy about solutions • Favored containment, believed in slow reform/change • Colonizationists-believed only solution was transport back to Africa

  25. Radical Abolitionism • Slavery an abomination • Urged absolute and immediate abolition and freedom for enslaved people • Most influential favored non-violence • Others favored more terrorist tactics: John Brown, David Walker

  26. Conclusions

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