Chapter 2-4

• slavery- practice of one person being owned by another * established in americans in 1600s
• middle passage- middle leg of the triangular trade, broguht captured africans to the americas to serve as slaves
• slaves codes- laws passed to regulate treatment of slaves
• racism- the belief that some people are inferior because of their race
• maroon- runaway of fugative slaves
• diego de campo- leader of 7000 slaves on hispianola
• slaves mainly: domestic servants, laborers
• some slaves were allowed to marry, own property, granted freedom
• due to high demand of sugar there was a rise in sugar plantations -> high demand for africans
• africans were the best ressouce for plantation labor because: 1) africans were immune european deiseases 2) africans had no friends nor family in the americas to help them resist or escape 3) enslaved africans provided a permanent source of cheap labor 4) many africans had worked on farms in native lands
• traded africans for europeans goods ( textiles, wine, ironware and guns)
• slave trade made castal kingdoms rich while weakwning inland african societies
• between 12 and 15 million africans were shipped to the americas * aprrox 2 million died during the trip
• triangular trade refers to the movement of trade ships between europe, africa and the americas
• olaudah equino- made the trip at 11 years, later bought freedom, he wrote a book about the middle passage
• manny africans died from disease or from cruel tratment and others committed suicide
• once africans arrived in america they were sold at auctions
• over time europeans came to associate slavery with black africans
• the dark skin color became a sign of inferiority
• the slave trade lasted 400 years
• africans brought knowledge about farming and raising livestock to the americas
• africans brough their artistic heritage of dance, ms=usic, and stroytelling.