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Sugar and Slaves

Sugar and Slaves. Slavery (1505-1864). Pros (of the time): Free Labor Expertise in agriculture Brought their culture Symbol of wealth and importance Cons: Little knowledge of the land Kidnapped kids Disease Sickness. Who Brought The Slaves?.

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Sugar and Slaves

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  1. Sugar and Slaves

  2. Slavery (1505-1864) • Pros (of the time): • Free Labor • Expertise in agriculture • Brought their culture • Symbol of wealth and importance • Cons: • Little knowledge of the land • Kidnapped kids • Disease • Sickness

  3. Who Brought The Slaves? • “Slavery in America began when the first African slaves were brought to the North American colony of Jamestown, Virginia [John Hawkins, an English navigator], in 1619, to aid in the production of such lucrative crops as tobacco. Slavery was practiced throughout the American colonies in the 17th and 18th centuries, and African-American slaves helped build the economic foundations of the new nation.” -http://www.history.com/topics/slavery

  4. Sugar • Pros: • High Trade Value • Made common foods better • Coca-Cola • Cons: • Diabetes (disease) • The encouragement of slavery

  5. Why Sugarcane? •  Sugar was the most important of the overseas commodities that made up a third of Europe's entire economy. As technologies got more efficient and diverse, adding molasses and rum to the trade stock made many countries wealthy.

  6. Columbian Trade Route Map

  7. How is the Slave trade and Sugar trade related? • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alfs2-hsoNU

  8. Triangular Trade Logic • Took simple necessities to Africa and traded for Slaves. • Took the Slaves to America and traded for luxuries and cotton. • Took the luxuries and cotton to Britain and traded for the simple necessities to take to Africa. The cycle just continues over and over again.

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