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Origins of Slavery in the Americas
Unit 2: Lecture 1
09/15/2015
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Objective To obtain an understanding of the origins of
slavery in North America and the Caribbean.
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Origins
Estimated Slave imports by destination, 1451-1870
Destination Total Slave Imports
British North America 339,000
Spanish America 1,552,100
French Caribbean 1,600,200
Brazil 3,464,800
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Capture and the Middle Passage
After capture, Africans were packed tightly into slave ships.
The death rate of the “passengers” was 50%.
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The Middle Passage
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Atlantic Trade
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Destination, Auction, and Seasoning Desire for Sugar, Demand for Labor Slave Auctions Process of Seasoning Forced Acculturation
Language Name Labor
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The Beginnings of Slavery in the United States
1500s: The Portuguese and Spanish had already brought Africans to South and Latin America.
In 1619, the first Africans were brought to the colony Jamestown, Virginia by the Dutch.
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Why Not Enslave the Native Population?
Lacked immunity to European diseases. Familiar with the terrain and could escape
easier. Political allies
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Reasons for Using Enslaved African Labor Proximity Experience Immunity from diseases Low escape possibilities
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Anthony Johnson He was an African brought to the colonies
in the 1620s. He obtained his freedom, and purchased
250 acres of land in Virginia. He owned at least one slave and white
indentured servants. This shows that blacks were not thought of
strictly as slaves until the 1660s.
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Unit 2, Lecture 2
Slave life in British North America 1619-1763
Objective: to obtain an understanding of early slave life in North America and it’s impact on black culture.
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Slavery in the Colonies New England colonies-no large plantation
systems; slaves lived in cities and small farms
Chesapeake Bay colonies-large tobacco plantations; center of the domestic slave trade
Carolinas and Georgia-large rice and cotton plantations
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Life of a Slave Most slaves had Sundays off and they went to
church. Most slaves could not read or write, and it was
illegal for them to learn. Slave Codes-They could not: leave their home
without a pass, carry a weapon, gather in groups, own property, legally marry, defend themselves against a white person, or speak in court.
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Punishment Slaves were often
brutally punished for misbehaving.
Punishments included: whipping, branding, being sold, gagged (silence), and other torturous methods were used.
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Resistance Flight-Slaves would runaway. Truancy-Flight for a short
amount of time and then the slave came back.
Refusal to reproduce-Women refused to have children.
Covert Action-Slaves would sometimes kill animals, destroy crops, start fires, steal stuff, break tools, poison food.
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Violence 4 major slave revolts-
Stono Rebellion-failed revolt in South Carolina in 1739
Gabriel Prosser-led failed revolt in Virginia in 1800
Denmark Vessey-led failed revolt in South Carolina in 1822
Nat Turner-killed 60 white people in Virginia in 1831
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The Effects of the American Revolution and the Constitution Gradual abolition of
slavery in the northern colonies/states
Three-Fifths Clause for Southern support of Constitution
Entrenchment of slavery in the South with the invention of cotton gin in 1793
End of the Atlantic Slave Trade in 1808
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Summary
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Discussion Question
1. How could Africans resist the dehumanizing forces of the middle passage and seasoning and use their African cultures to build black cultures in the New world?