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Chapter 2, Section 4: “Beginnings of Slavery in the Americas”
Pages 76-79
Questions/Main Ideas: Notes: | |
|Main Idea |Slavery began in order to have cheap labor in the colonies |
|Why it Matters |Slavery & racism shaped attitudes & social conditions in the U.S. |
|The Origins of American Slavery |One American’s Story |
|Diego de Campo |1546 – De Campo led 7,000 maroons (runaway slaves) against Spanish. When captured, he changed sides & maroons |
| |lost. |
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|Slavery |the practice of holding a person in bondage for labor |
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|Slavery’s Origins |Ancient times: People were enslaved after battle or to pay off $, but were sometimes able to marry, own property, |
| |& their children might be set free. |
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| |Spanish & Portuguese 1st enslaved Native Americans, but many died from disease or rebelled with local allies. |
|Why did colonists start to use African slaves | |
|instead of Native Americans? |Started using African slaves b/c: |
| |they were immune to many European diseases |
| |they had no allies in the Americas |
| |permanent source of cheap labor (for generations) |
| |they had farming experience |
|The Slave Trade |(Chart page 77: 1.3 million slaves imported in 17th century to 6 million in 18th century) |
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| |Spanish Gov. of Hispaniola asks King Ferdinand for labor. King sends African slaves. Soon, dependence on African |
|1509 Diego Colon |slaves made slave trade skyrocket. |
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| |African kings traded slaves to European traders for textiles, ironware, wine, and guns. Coastal African kingdoms |
| |grew rich while inland societies were weakened. |
|Shipment of Africans to the Americas | |
|The Middle Passage | |
|African Diaspora |By the end of the slave trade in 1800s, 12 million Africans had been sold and shipped to the west. |
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| |The trip from Africa to Americas – 2 million died on way |
|Middle Passage | |
| |The trade b/w Europe, Africa, and the Americas |
|Triangular Trade | |
| |Sold into slavery from Africa when 11 yrs old. Bought his freedom and wrote about Middle Passage: men shackled; |
|Olaudah Equiano’s point of view |below deck too crowded to stand; disease & dying |
|Slavery in Americas | |
|Haciendas and mines |Hard labor; poorly fed & housed; many resisted by running away or rebelling |
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| |Laws on the treatment of slaves, mostly to punish them and prevent escape |
|Slave Codes | |
| |The belief that some people are inferior because of their race (reinforced by centuries of slavery) |
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|Racism |Columbian Exchange led to Slavery |
| |Africans brought knowledge of farming and animals |
| |American crops to Africa: chilies, peanuts, sweet potatoes |
|What were the long-term Effects of almost 400 |African arts to America: dance, music, storytelling |
|years of Slavery? |Created a common African-American culture, which shaped life in America |
| |By 1700s, all the colonies had African slaves |
|Summary of Reading or Class Notes |Europeans began using African slaves instead of ____________ slaves, because they survived and had fewer allies in |
| |the Americas. Slavery left long-term effects on racism and American culture. |
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