Slavery

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Differences in slave systems

Back 1

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- West Indies (90%)

- Brazil (40%)

- British Caribbean colonies (20%)

- U. S. (17%)

- French Caribbean (17%)

Front 2

Sugar and Caribbean/Brazilian slavery

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• Labor intensity of sugar mills
  
• System: work slaves hard and replace them with more slaves from Africa
• Huge numbers of people shipped
• 9 to 1 ratio of men to women
• Fewer slave families

Front 3

Slavery and the creation of race

Back 3

• Variations in history
  
• Found in every region of the world
  

Modern Transatlantic Slavery invented the modern idea of "races .... and racism.

Front 4

Haitian Revolt

Back 4

Slave revolt .... 1791 - 1804

Front 5

Abolition in Britain compared to America

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.Britain banned slavery in 1807. America didn't ban it until 30 years later.

Front 6

William Wilberforce

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- Petitions to parliament

- 1806: slave trade was abolished

Front 7

Samuel Sharpe

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Role of self-interest in abolition:

- would help win war

- would help avoid economic unrest

Front 8

Earliest abolitionists

Back 8

Quakers & Evangelicals