The Role Of Slavery In The Atlantic World
Most of the world enslaved africans in the atlantic world and it affected many things in the atlantic world and everything after that until current time. There are many ways that caused savery in the atlantic world one reason was because the colonists in the 1500’s decided that they wanted cheap labor.
The colonists figured out that african slaves were better than european slaves. African americans had been exposed to european diseases and built up an immunity to the diseases. They also had experience in farming so they could easily be taught work. They were less likely to escape because they didn't know the lay of the land. Along with that if they did escape they couldn't fit in among european families because they were not the same skin color. …show more content…
Slavery had been around forever and it was considered a minor institution.
When they realized how much better the africans slaves were than european slaves they were a demand for colonies in the americas. They called it the atlantic slave trade when it first started in the 1500’s they started transporting african slaves from africa to the americas. By the 1600’s they had transported 300,000 african slaves to the americas. Atlantic slave trade began to grow as a massive enterprise by the 1700’s they had transported 1.3 million slaves. When it ended in 1870 europeans had imported 9.5 milion african
slaves.
If Europeans didn't have hard working african slaves some colonies like the ones on haiti and barbados may not have survived and many more. Slaves were put to work in many places such as mines, fields, or as domestic servants.The slaves were treated badly they were overworked and not well taken care of. It was more convenient to slave owners to buy a new slave every 3 to 10 years rather than give their slaves proper shelter and food.
It did not occur to plantation owners to attempt to give the slaves a normal life outside of their back breaking work. Young african slaves were put to work as young as the age of 5. Slaves were sold
The colonists figured out that african slaves were better than european slaves. African americans had been exposed to european diseases and built up an immunity to the diseases. They also had experience in farming so they could easily be taught work. They were less likely to escape because they didn't know the lay of the land. Along with that if they did escape they couldn't fit in among european families because they were not the same skin color. …show more content…
Slavery had been around forever and it was considered a minor institution.
When they realized how much better the africans slaves were than european slaves they were a demand for colonies in the americas. They called it the atlantic slave trade when it first started in the 1500’s they started transporting african slaves from africa to the americas. By the 1600’s they had transported 300,000 african slaves to the americas. Atlantic slave trade began to grow as a massive enterprise by the 1700’s they had transported 1.3 million slaves. When it ended in 1870 europeans had imported 9.5 milion african
slaves.
If Europeans didn't have hard working african slaves some colonies like the ones on haiti and barbados may not have survived and many more. Slaves were put to work in many places such as mines, fields, or as domestic servants.The slaves were treated badly they were overworked and not well taken care of. It was more convenient to slave owners to buy a new slave every 3 to 10 years rather than give their slaves proper shelter and food.
It did not occur to plantation owners to attempt to give the slaves a normal life outside of their back breaking work. Young african slaves were put to work as young as the age of 5. Slaves were sold