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Africa and the Africans: Age of Atlantic Slave Trade

Africa and the Africans: Age of Atlantic Slave Trade. Ch 20. I. Introduction. Slavery was a common practice throughout ancient times into the modern era. Slaves consisted of people from conquered territories or POWs Slavery was also result of debt Slavery in Africa Between r ival tribes

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Africa and the Africans: Age of Atlantic Slave Trade

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  1. Africa and the Africans: Age of Atlantic Slave Trade Ch 20

  2. I. Introduction • Slavery was a common practice throughout ancient times into the modern era. • Slaves consisted of people from conquered territories or POWs • Slavery was also result of debt • Slavery in Africa • Between rival tribes • Arabs enslaved conquered Africans • European enslavement result of mercantilism

  3. II. Atlantic Slave Trade • Result of European Expansion to India/China • Dominated early on by Portuguese • Factories: forts/ trading post • El Mina • Exchanged European goods for gold and ivory etc. • Permission from local rulers • Eventually pushed inward • Some African kingdoms were very wealthy • Tried to convert Africans

  4. II. Atlantic Slave Trade • Portuguese looked strange and were incorporated into African art (Religious perceptions) • Portuguese- Savages/Pagans • Initially a legitimate trade relationship • 1441 Slave trade greatly increased

  5. II. Atlantic Slave Trade • Expansion • 1450-1489- 12 million slaves shipped • 10-20% died in transit • 18th century boom • Low reproductive rates • Higher in southern US • Plantations create demand (Atlantic) • Male labor • Muslim harems • Trans-Saharan -women

  6. II. Atlantic Slave Trade • Organization • Dutch and British take over trade from Portuguese • British Royal African Company (1660’s) • Supplied Barbados, Jamaica and Virginia • Spanish • Indies Piece- Healthy African Male • Women and children fraction of this • Mulattos or Africans purchased and sold slaves • Profitable but sometimes only 5-10%

  7. III. African Societies, Slavery and Slave Trade • Types of African Slavery • Peasant • Chattel (property) • Slavery was only way to increase socioeconomic status • Used as servants, concubines, soldiers and laborers • Women focus to increase family line (harem) • Polygamy • Islam- only allowed for non-believers

  8. III. African Societies, Slavery and Slave Trade • African slave trading kingdoms • Asante • Gold Coast • Controlled gold and slave trade • Benin • Slave trade profitable but not dominant • Dahomey • Royal court controlled slave trade • Swahili Coast • Traded predominantly with Arab states (harem focus) • Conversion also a focus • Sometimes got violent

  9. IV. White Settlers in Africa • Dutch East India Company • Boers/Afrikaners settled in Cape Colony • Great Trek • Zulu • Shaka Zulu- brutal ruler who brought more power to Zulu • Reorganized military • Led to Mfecane- wandering wars • Competed with settlers in South

  10. V. Diaspora • Spread of Africans and their culture • Slaves (along with gold and ivory) traded for guns, cloth and tobacco • Saltwater slaves- African Born • Creole slaves- American Born • Mulattos • Skin color hierarchy • White- light-dark • Numerous Rebellions • Suriname- fairly successful rebellion- Dutch

  11. VI. Abolition • Ended slave trade • Moral • Enlightenment • Led by England • Finally ended in 1888 in Brazil

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