How did slave trade and slavery contribute to the Afro-American Culture between 1600 and 1800? What were the available channels and regional differences of these contributions? Foundations of the world we live in have been largely laid by the economic growth in between 1500 and 1800. Western Europe have experienced sustained economic growth and institutional changes which transformed medieval institutions in some of European countries. The growth was mostly due to the access to the Atlantic Ocean. As many economic historians have done, it is considerably important to crystallise social and political structures in Atlantic world in order to find out the role of Atlantic trade in that growth. Slavery was the basic dynamic in Atlantic trade
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Numbers of slaves embarked for different disembarkation regions, 1600-1850 Mainland North America Caribbean Brazil Total
1601-1700 9,594 358,939 124,575 493,108
1701-1800 215,611 2,802,971 1,465,341 1,684,725
1801-1850 59,683 426,607 1,767,870 2,254,160
Totals 284,888 3,588,517 3,357,786 7,231,191
Mainland North America Caribbean Brazil Total
1601-1700 7501 287074 107583 402158
1701-1800 182086 2436748 1320495 3939329
1801-1850 50869 379726 1600183 …show more content…
There were different nations, means that they were not ethnically homogeneous in one area and there were different languages spoken by slaves such as Coromantee, Quashee creoles. However, National assemblies, such as Court's parties in Antigua, could bring people from different areas together in order to create a unity and kinship and community solidarity were also integrative factors for African slaves. These factors which provided moral support and cultural reinforcement were beyond the nations which means that national differences did not matter because they were living in same plantations together, suffering under the same conditions which created a bond amongst. Despite these difficulties, they did not forget their mother tongues, ideas in design and music nor would they cause them to abandon religious or ethics. Despite heterogeneous structure in plantations, differences were reduced by their common points at America such as harsh working conditions and living in same places. In Mainland North America where slave transportation from Africa were considerably less, people could create creoles as a distinct unity more easily than Caribbean and Brazil. The communication between slaves from different nations was continuous in these lands such as
Numbers of slaves embarked for different disembarkation regions, 1600-1850 Mainland North America Caribbean Brazil Total
1601-1700 9,594 358,939 124,575 493,108
1701-1800 215,611 2,802,971 1,465,341 1,684,725
1801-1850 59,683 426,607 1,767,870 2,254,160
Totals 284,888 3,588,517 3,357,786 7,231,191
Mainland North America Caribbean Brazil Total
1601-1700 7501 287074 107583 402158
1701-1800 182086 2436748 1320495 3939329
1801-1850 50869 379726 1600183 …show more content…
There were different nations, means that they were not ethnically homogeneous in one area and there were different languages spoken by slaves such as Coromantee, Quashee creoles. However, National assemblies, such as Court's parties in Antigua, could bring people from different areas together in order to create a unity and kinship and community solidarity were also integrative factors for African slaves. These factors which provided moral support and cultural reinforcement were beyond the nations which means that national differences did not matter because they were living in same plantations together, suffering under the same conditions which created a bond amongst. Despite these difficulties, they did not forget their mother tongues, ideas in design and music nor would they cause them to abandon religious or ethics. Despite heterogeneous structure in plantations, differences were reduced by their common points at America such as harsh working conditions and living in same places. In Mainland North America where slave transportation from Africa were considerably less, people could create creoles as a distinct unity more easily than Caribbean and Brazil. The communication between slaves from different nations was continuous in these lands such as