The Legacy of Slavery Slavery has been a continuous situation ever since the Southern and Eastern Europe, Classic slavery was a normal part of the society and economy and trade across the Mediterranean and the Atlantic seaboard meant that African slaves began to appear in Italy, Spain, Southern France, and Portugal well before the discovery of the “New World” in 1492. Europeans that settled in America were attracted by the idea of owning their own land and were unwilling to work for others. The Europeans started a thing called “Slave Trade” and they would purchase slaves and break the slaves away from their families and do “The Triangular Trade” and pack their ships with goods, cash crops, and slaves and would trade in the Caribbean or other American Colonies. The Europeans also started a thing called “Chattel Slavery.” In the Middle East, Africa, and Europe, slavery has had both similar and different things throughout history before the shift to chattel slavery.
Slaves in Africa lost the protection of their family and their place in society through enslavement. However, eventually they or their …show more content…
A “concubine” is a woman who lives with a man, but has lower status than his wife or wives. Plantation-style slavery was rare in the Middle East, although East African males served as miners of salt in the 8th and 9th century of Iraq and worked the land in Morocco. These African slaves served as a major military force. Enslaved Africans were also exported from ports on the East Coast of Africa to the Middle East and India. The Slave Trade went across the Sahara desert to North Africa and began in the 7th century AD (“African Military Slaves”). Because of the slaves working in the mines, product was increasing in the slave trade and spreading into other
Slaves in Africa lost the protection of their family and their place in society through enslavement. However, eventually they or their …show more content…
A “concubine” is a woman who lives with a man, but has lower status than his wife or wives. Plantation-style slavery was rare in the Middle East, although East African males served as miners of salt in the 8th and 9th century of Iraq and worked the land in Morocco. These African slaves served as a major military force. Enslaved Africans were also exported from ports on the East Coast of Africa to the Middle East and India. The Slave Trade went across the Sahara desert to North Africa and began in the 7th century AD (“African Military Slaves”). Because of the slaves working in the mines, product was increasing in the slave trade and spreading into other