Atlantic slave trade

The Triangular Slave Trade is an unforgettable event in the history of slavery for its duration, the exploitation of African American men, women and children; and the creation of an anti-black ideology. This slave trade happened between the continents of Europe, Africa, and the Americas. The Triangular Slave Trade had three stages: the first consisted of slave ships from Britain carrying goods. The second stage dealt with African dealers kidnapping people and forcing them on slave ships in order…

two of the following regions: Chesapeake, Carolinas, West Indies) There were a few circumstances that lead to the introduction of slavery in the colonies. One circumstance was the development of the South Atlantic system, which had its center mainly in the South American area. Several slaves were working in plantations at these places at the time. Slavery became so popular because there was almost no sweet foods in the New World pre-1500. Once sugarcane plantations started there was such a…

Slavery has been a part of history since the beginning of time. In Africa slavery existed, but as a form of a judicial system. Those who were “slaves” were prisoners of war or those captured during warfare between African territories were used for their skill or trade such as farming and still allowed to marry have children and even own property, debtors or those who could not pay off loans would work until their loans were paid off or offered one of their children as collateral who would…

REWRITING THE AFRICAN DIASPORA: BEYOND THE BLACK ATLANTIC African Diaspora, is one of the largest diasporas of modern times and dates back several centuries. This term, although somewhat new is used to described the dispersal of people of African descent and their roles in both the creation and transformations of new cultures outside of Africa but also the problems faced across the globe as well. Diaspora can be labeled a way to retrace the different components and layers of migration,…

the rich and coffee was for the poor. Both of them needed sugar so they used cheap labor so that they would make more money. In the sixteenth century around 75 thousand slaves were imported to Brazil. Before the eighteenth century Portugal was known for exporting and importing African slaves. A large number of the African Slaves worked in the Brazilian sugar industry, which is why it made most of the sugar supply of Europe. Around this time no one was doing anything to stop slavery, not even the…

justified this status quo. Aristotle used the “natural slave theory”, which simply states that there are two types of people “civilized and uncivilized… people born to rule or to be ruled” (Watenpaugh, 2015) and that the natural slave is the uncivilized person and those born to be ruled. This theory however, never mentioned race or skin color as a basis for enslaving a human being. (Watenpaugh, 2015) Many years after Aristotle’s time his “natural slave theory” was used to maintain the status…

While slavery was brutal and difficult itself, the process in which Africans become slaves could be seen as just as horrific. In Olaudah Equiano’s narrative, The Life of Olaudah Equiano, Equiano recalls his heart-wrenching tale of being kidnapped into slavery. From experiencing it firsthand, Equiano is able to explicitly describe the fear, grief, despair, and brutality slaves like himself underwent. From being torn from family, dragged to strange new lands, to be thrown on an over-cramped ship,…

established themselves in the New World and figured out multiple ways to sustain themselves. One of these ways was through agricultural development. In an effort to improve their production of crops the Europeans resulted in using African slaves. These slaves were easily obtainable, hard workers and they worked for free. So of course the Europeans wanted to take advantage of their abilities and put them to work on their plantations. The exponential growth of slavery in the colonies was due to…

Africa and its people have been molded and grown into the prosperous place that it is today. Factors that led to this are the African slave trade, the survival of slavery, the economic and social development of America and the south, and went on to conquer slavery in 1865. Africa is home to a large majority of the world’s population. In this day and age when getting a blood test numbers as low as 1% of African American decent can be found in almost every body tested. In fact occasions of…

The trans-Atlantic trade is a complex series of trade routes between Europe, Africa, and the Americas, but can be simplified into triangle trade. Triangle trade has three major routes with three major trade items. The route from America carried molasses to Europe, which was made into rum. Rum was carried from Europe to Africa to buy slave. From Africa slaves were sent to America to produce more raw goods, this route is known as the…