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