African Indigenous Peoples Change Cultures in the Americas Effects in Africa, Europe and Americas.
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African Indigenous Peoples Change Cultures
in the AmericasEffects in Africa, Europe and
Americas
Reading Quiz: 02 03 September, 2015
Earth and its Peoples Ch. 19• 20% per question
• 1. What product boosted demand for African slaves in the Caribbean?
• 2. Define plantocracy:
• 3. Why was brutality normal in slave societies?
• 4. How did the Atlantic economy contribute to the growth of capitalism?
• 5. Where in Africa was the Gold Coast?
Slavery in Colonial Latin America• What have you learned about African slavery so far from
reading the chapter?
• Estimated Slave Imports to Latin America 1551-1810Total Imports Avg. per Year
Spanish Am. Brazil Spanish Am. Brazil
1551-1600 62,500 50,000 1,250 1,000
1601-1700 292,500 560,000 2,925 5,600
1701-1810 578,600 1,891,400 5,786 18,914
• By 1810, over 2.5 million slaves to Brazilian Ports alone
Historical Sources• The Earth and its Peoples Ch. 19, pp. 492-493
• Who was Ayuba Suleiman Diallo?
• 1. Since Islamic law allowed Muslims to enslave non-Muslims, would non-Muslims have considered it justifiable to enslave Muslims?
• 2. What aspects of Ayuba Suleiman enslavement were normal, and which unusual?
• 3. How different would his life been had he been sold in Jamaica rather than Maryland?
African Slavery in the Americas• Generally two types slavery: plantation and urban
• Plantation Slavery
-Scale of African slave trade tied to plantation agriculture
-Brazilian sugar zone: 60-100 slaves by early 17th Century
-Caribbean plantations: 500-1,000 per plantation
-Difficult living conditions for slaves: diet, conditions, work
• Urban Slavery
-Prevalent in Spanish America, up to 15 slaves/household
-Artisans, laborers often shared households with owners
-American-born children of mixed parents often freed
-Slaves usually allowed to purchase their own freedom
Class Debate on the African Slave Trade
• Class Debate on the African Slave Trade
• See details on ASULEARN
• Operative question: How did the slave trade change cultures, both in Africa and in the Americas?
• 1. Why did the Europeans enslave Africans?
• A. Economic reasons (argued by A-M) 482-483
• B. Racism and previous existence of slavery in
• Africa (argued by N-Z) 487-490
• 2. Did the Atlantic Slave trade change cultures in the Americas?
• A. Slavery changed cultures in the Americas to a great degree (argued by A-M) (471-477)
• B. Slavery had little influence on cultures in the Americas (argued by N-Z) (471-477)
Conclusions
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