Chapter 26 –Africa and the Atlantic World PROLOGUE * Thomas Peters escaped to Nova Scotia and promoted estab. of a colony for former slaves. * He connected the lands of the Atlantic Ocean Basin and was the leader of the black community. * Sub Saharan states had kinship groups like their Bantu-speaking predecessors. African Politics and Society in Early Modern Times * Regional kingdoms replaced imperial states of w. Africa b/c people organized their societies to take advantage
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the interior of West Africa‚ between present-day Senegal and Angola. Other enslaved peoples originally came from Madagascar and Tanzania in East Africa In February of 1839‚ Portuguese slave hunters abducted a large group of Africans from Sierra Leone and shipped them to Havana‚ Cuba‚ a center for the slave trade. This abduction violated all of the treaties then in existence. Fifty-three Africans were purchased by two Spanish planters and put aboard the Cuban schooner Amistad for shipment to a Caribbean
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abolished until 1888. Originating with the indigenous population‚ slave labor
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The antebellum south was built on the success of cotton. Cotton is a fiber used in many products‚ such as fabric and paper. Throughout the 1790’s‚ the production of tobacco declined because of soil depletion and diminishing value; simultaneously‚ in Europe the fabric industry was growing‚ creating an international demand for cotton clothing ("The Cotton Economy and Slavery"). When Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin‚ this provided the South with the machinery for the expansion in the global economy
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Asia. C. New forms of coerced labor appeared‚ including serfdom in Europe and Japan and the elaboration of the mit’a in the Inca Empire. Free peasants resisted attempts to raise dues and taxes by staging revolts. The demand for slaves for both military and domestic purposes increased‚ particularly in central Eurasia‚ parts of Africa‚ and the eastern Mediterranean. Teach one illustrative example of regions where free peasants revolted‚ either from the list below or an example of your choice:
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ships of the Middle Passage during the 17th century. The Middle passage is an historical term indicating trade with three ports or region in which millions of West African captives were captured and sold into slavery against their will; this was the journey from West Africa to the Americas. Dehumanizing is to deprive someone of their human qualities‚ personality or spirit. There was a need for slaves in the Caribbean to work due to the advantage of the sugar revolution. The Spanish had enslaved the indigenous
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citystates‚ which were engaged in a lucrative trade that extended to India‚ the Moluccas‚ (Northern Indonesia)‚ and China. • There was cultural exchange‚ which had created a new culture called the Swahili culture. The trade across the eastern Mediterranean‚ the Far East and Central Asia became known as the Silk Road. This Silk Road trade created a mixed culture which combined African‚ Asian and Indonesian culture. • The Berbers controlled the North African trade from 700-900 AD. They connected the Middle
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BRITISH ANTI SLAVERY MOVEMENT The movement in Britain to end both the slave trade and slavery was a long drawn out affair which involved the efforts of key individuals and groups: Quakers Also known as the Society of Friends First campaigners against the slave trade and in 1727 passed a proposal against the trade Acted as a pressure group in the movement for the abolition of slavery. Their strategy was to win over public opinion by carrying the arguments for abolition into every home in Britain
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deciding factors are the different interpretation of slavery unknowing of customs and the influence of importance. By whose definition is free after the Europeans ban slavery in 1834? During the time of the Gold Coast slave trade‚ there was a high demand for male slaves to endure the harsh labor in the Americas and Brazil. The slavery amongst different empires was the enslavement of women and children. The Europeans eliminated slavery‚ but did a poor job enforcing it. This was partly because
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From the "God Fathets’ (Dutch).The Dutch helped in the establishment of the sugar industry by providing their expertise in sugarcane cultivation‚ capital and labour (slaves). It was these facts that made it possible for the West Indian sugar industry to develop during the 17th century. What effects did the introduction of slaves to the Caribbean have on the society and economy of the region? What political effects
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