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African-Canadian Communities. Page 61. Mathieu da Costa. The first person of African descent in Canada . British traders captured people in West Africa and brought them to North America to be sold as slaves. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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African-Canadian
CommunitiesPage 61
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Mathieu da CostaThe first person of African descent in Canada
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British traders captured people in West Africa and brought them to North America to be sold as slaves.
Some African people were paid by the British to capture other Africans from neighboring tribes – usually their enemies or rivals.
John Hawkins, British trader
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Once captured, people were linked together by yokes or chains and taken to the coast.
This journey could take months and many did not make it.
A yoke
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Thousands of captives were held underground in trading forts while they waited for European ships to arrive.
Elmina Castle in Ghana, Africa
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People were packed into ships’ holds like cargo to be transported to the Americas.
The treatment and conditions on board the ships was appalling.
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Brookes Ship Plan
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Auction Notice Halifax, 1769
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Slaves were sold at auction as property.
Individuals were given a number or a name of their owners choice.
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Rights of a Slave 1764• Slaves are property and can
be sold• Masters can do as they like
with their slaves• Masters must destroy slave
culture• Slaves are given new names• Slaves can be killed• Slaves cannot marry• Slaves cannot be educated
• Slaves must be locked up at night
• Slaves must wear a ball and chain
• Slaves cannot become Christians
• Slaves cannot possess property/sell anything
• All blacks are slaves• Slaves’ children are the
property of the master
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Slaves often resisted their owners by:– Performing tasks slowly– Running away– Keeping their real names– Keeping their African
culture• Stories and songs
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Africville
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The gentlemen picked up a brochure on Africville and this was his response…
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Video with lyrics by a Newfoundland band who wrote about the forced relocation of the citizens of Africville