Similarities Between Islamic And Atlantic Slavery

In the early modern world, the presence of slavery existed throughout the globe. In this essay, I will reveal the Native, Atlantic, Africa itself, and Islamic slavery on their similarities and differences. As we have learned throughout this course, the treatment that slaves received was cruel. Slavery was extremely common in early history, and can be compared and contrasted with different cultures. Spain had control over the Native American slaves; many were brought into slavery through war. The leaders of Spain remained dependent upon cheap labor on their farms to suffice. Women not only served as concubines to their superiors but also as laborers, like the men. The abundant amount of children, born of these women were born into slavery, …show more content…
African American’s were the slaves involved during this circumstance; farming sugar cane was their main priority. In the Caribbean, on the island of Barbados, there were three groups to categorize: Masters, Servants, or Slaves. Slaves were cared for more than the servants. Based on laws of the islands servants were only obligated to serve for 5 years. Although, depending on master being cruel or merciful, the servants could have an extremely miserable life, and a mistake could cost them their life. Richard Ligon described a scene he witnessed where “an overseer beat a servant with a cane about the head, till the blood has followed”.(Companion Reader, 115) This caused the slaves to live in constant fear, they wouldn’t even attempt to do something that would cause harm to themselves. The workload for the slaves was heavy, as they worked from Monday at 1 A.M. to Saturday night. They come from different parts of Africa that spoke different languages, so many of the slaves couldn’t even communicate with each other. The average of women and men on these plantations were close to equal because they were allowed to marry and typically lived in the same small house. Women were allowed rest after giving birth, which was needed because they encountered tough work and the children would be born into slavery. Other than getting the majority of Saturday and …show more content…
Slaves can either be sold into slavery like many of the Africans were, or they could be captured through the war like the Native Americans were. Islamic religion allowed slavery; their slaves were primarily captured through war. Slaves were handed from leader to leader as gifts most of the time, and also to clear debts. They served as not only laborers but prisoners of war. The women served as concubines like the Native American’s, and their children could be born into royalty. They had opportunities to rise in the ranks of military and lead militias. They encountered cruel treatment, but I believe there was more independence for Islamic slaves. Muslim states were dependent upon slavery, as they wouldn’t have been able to expand without