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Warm Up09.16.13• Please answer the following question:
• What were the conditions like for slaves on ships coming to America?
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Agenda09.17.13• Announcements/ Housekeeping
• Unit 1 Exam = Monday (9/23) • Review Sheet today• http://www.wwnorton.com/college/history/give-me-liberty3/
• Intro DBQ 1: Tuesday (9/24)
• Slavery in Colonial America• Complete notes on American Slavery• SLAVE RESISTANCE
• HW: Voices of Freedom (VOF) #21
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Questions to Consider• According to Zinn, what is the root for racism in America?
• Why were Africans considered “better” slaves than Indians in Virginia?
• How did 16th century Africa compare to 16th century Europe politically, economically, and militarily?
• How did slavery in Africa differ from slavery in Europe and the Americas?
• What was the position of the Catholic Church in Portugal vis-a-vis slavery?
• In terms of mortality, what was the cost of slavery?
• What was the relationship between slavery and the plantation system?
• What evidence exists that America’s slaves did not accept their fate easily?
• Why did slave owners fear poor whites?
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Chapter 4Slavery, Freedom, and the Struggle for Empire to 1763
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Slavery and Empire• Atlantic Trade
• Caribbean = main focus for British empire• Aka – The Triangular Trade
• British goods Africa & Colonies Sugar, Tobacco, etc Europe Slaves from Africa New World
• Slavery became connected to race
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Give Me Liberty!: An American history, 3rd EditionCopyright © 2011 W.W. Norton & CompanyMap 4.1 Atlantic Trading Routes
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Slavery and Empire• Africa and the Slave Trade
• Most African Rulers took part • Awful for West Africa’s society and Economy
• The Middle Passage• Quote “a harrowing experience”• Slaves sold in America for 20-30x more than Africa
• Crammed • Height between decks = only 18 inches!• Equiano*• Both crew and slaves suffered high casualties• Only 5% destined for N.A.
• 400,000 – 600,000• By 1770, 1/5 of the 2.3 million in Colonies (Not including Indians)
were Africans and their descendants.
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Give Me Liberty!: An American history, 3rd EditionCopyright © 2011 W.W. Norton & CompanyAn architect’s plan for a slave ship
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Give Me Liberty!: An American history, 3rd EditionCopyright © 2011 W.W. Norton & CompanyMap 4.2 The Slave Trade in The Atlantic World, 1460–1770
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Slavery and Empire• Freedom and Slavery in the Chesapeake
• Three distinct slave systems in Colonies:• Tobacco based plantation (Chesapeake)• Rice based plantation (SC & Georgia)• Non-plantation (NE and Middle Colonies)
• Tobacco = oldest of three• System of freedom• Race = social division• VA Law*• Free = white
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Slavery and Empire• Indian Slavery in Early Carolina
• Creeks• Eventually rebelled, colonists turned elsewhere
• The Rice Kingdom• SC first colony to have black majority!• Africans taught colonists how to grow!• “Task System”
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Slavery and Empire• The Georgia Experiment
• James Oglethorpe• “worthy poor”• Did not last (1751)
• Slavery in the North• Small farms• Slavery not central• Worked in shops, docks, and personal servants.• Legal rights
• Banned physical punishment• Bring law suits to court• Marriages recognized
• New York & Phila had significant amount of slaves; however, employers shifted to wage labor in years before the revolution.
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Give Me Liberty!: An American history, 3rd EditionCopyright © 2011 W.W. Norton & Company
Table 4.1 Slave population as percentage of total populationof original thirteen colonies, 1770