Slavery: The Slave Trade In Brazil

Slavery had a big impact in both Brazil and in Africa but was also a terrible thing that happened throughout history. Slavery caused both economies to change (Brazil and Africa), caused many people to die or be injured and lastly caused many people to be put into dangerous situations and/or deadly environments. The reason the slave trade started was because people wanted workers that they didn't need to spend their hard earned money on. This later turned into a way to boost the economy and for people to become wealthy individuals. The slave trade started in Africa with a small slave market where people could buy workers to do work with little pay. This changed when the European people came to buy slaves from Africa, this is when the slave business …show more content…
This caused a lot of changes in things like religion and also helped (in a way) for cultural diffusion to happen in these areas. Many of the slaves brought to Brazil would be forced into converting to a new religion. This religion was catholicism and they would be forced into a test of the religious beliefs of catholicism and would have to discard the connection to their old faith (Constitucoes page 14). Although they were forced to be converted to a new religion the slaves coming to Brazil and the Americas did have some positive effects. Because the slaves from Africa were brought here over many years cultural diffusion was able to occur. The result of this was a new race or a mix of races forming due to Africans and Europeans having children. This cultural diffusion most likely was not seen as a good thing (if it was even noticed) during this time period. The slaves and the owners did have many problems with one another and this cause there to be many rebellions and run away slaves. When slaves were feeling mistreated and uncomfortable they would often rebel against their owners. According to Carlos B the rebels would cry out “Freedom! Long live the blacks and their king, and death to whites and mulattoes!”(page 17) And would also commit crimes to try and get revenge on their cruel owners. Although Carlos has an account of a very barbaric and violent uprising not all …show more content…
The slave trade cost millions of people their lives and cause hundreds to be tortured. This is a very important part of history to know because what happened during the time of the slave trade was terrible and it should never happen again. Slavery is still part of the world now and people need to be aware of this. There are more people in slavery now than ever before. Without all of the above we would never have the problems with slavery that we have now (Mr. Brooke’s powerpoint). In the end slavery had many causes and it changed many things including what is happening in the present. The slave trade was a terrible thing but if it never happened the world would be very different