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Slavery in Colonial America
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“Triangle Trade” (early)
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“Triangle Trade” (later)
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Basic Facts
• Over 15 million Africans were brought to the Americas as slaves
• It took about 2 months to cross the Atlantic Ocean
• Boats budgeted about 7 square feet per person – the more bodies, the more profit
• Mortality rates were often 10-15%
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Treatment of the “Cargo”
• Africans were forced to lay on shelves like books
• Each slave was chained to both the shelf and another slave
• Bathrooms were not provided• Food was minimal – just enough to keep slaves
alive (in the name of saving profits)• Because of the filth, disease was rampant and
most slaves who died, died from Smallpox or Dysentery
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Treatment of the “Cargo” (cont.)
• The stench below deck was unbearable• Slaves were brought up to the deck and
exercised, but many ended up with life-long crippling due to being in chains for such an extended time
• Discipline was extremely harsh – the idea was to prevent misbehavior by making an example to the other slaves – flogging, cutting off of limbs, and general brutality were common
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Ultimately, it was all about the money…
• The men, women, and children “lucky” enough to survive the trip were sold to slave brokers.
• They were cleaned up, fattened for a month or two, and taken to public auctions to be sold to the highest bidder.
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The Value of a human being
• Slaves purchased in Africa for about $25 in cash or trade goods (i.e. rum)
• Slaves sold to slave brokers in the Americas for about $120 each
• Even with 15% mortality rate, boats carrying 400 slaves could expect to make over $42,000 on a single voyage (in today’s dollars, that would be about $1,302,000)
• Slaves were sold by the slave brokers for around $300 each
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