GEOG 121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Middle Passage, Planation Surface, Profit Margin
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Pre 1450 period: varied forms of slavery in europe, africa and asia (e. g. islamic slave trade if they were converted to islam, they had a right to freedom) 1450 1500: beginnings of atlantic slave trade; different forms from pre 1450 trade (they didn"t have a right to become free by converting to another religion, the only opportunity to gain freedom was if the owner freed them) 1500 1660: increase in trade stimulated by caribbean sugar plantation economy by. 1780 1914: there was a gradual decline but there were still some parts of the world that still practice these trades. The peak period/growth of slave trade was during the 18th century, where slaves originated from sub saharan africa went to britain, spain, north america, brazil and etc. African slaves arriving in the americas from 1500 1900: the total was around 8 14 million.
