GGR241H1 Lecture : GGR241 Leccture Eleven.docx
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Lecture eleven part a: slavery and the atlantic trade. General: flow of body good from western africa to south america. Today"s question: what was the atlantic slave trade: what is a slave, atlantic slave trade: global enterprise, slave trade as a commodity chain. Property: a commodity to be bought and sold in the market place. Owner can do anything he/she wants to it. Rights: denied rights and privileges (they were racially different) Violence: subject to all forms of physical and psychological violence. Labor power: an instrument of work for a slave master. Sexuality/reproduction: lost all rights to individual sexuality and reproductive capacities. Offsprings were slaves as well (as slave trade was illegal) Inheritance: lost rights across generation born a slave, always a slave. Urban slaves in richmond gradually began to get inheritance. The atlantic slave trade existed for many years but peaked in late 18ce. More than 11 million were traded throughout 1450 1900.