HIS106Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Indentured Servant, Milion, Wage Labour
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Central argument: european empires transitions to african slaves in the americas after having experimented with other forms of coerced labour, when these ways were insufficient to meet demands. Social death sla(cid:448)es (cid:449)ere dehu(cid:373)a(cid:374)ized, (cid:862)thi(cid:374)gificatio(cid:374)(cid:863) grouped (cid:449)ith thi(cid:374)gs a(cid:374)d li(cid:448)estock. La(cid:448)ery shapes a society"s (cid:448)alues, race relatio(cid:374)s, culture, la(cid:374)guage, etc. Al(cid:448)es are also having influence on their masters technology, ideas, culture, etc. They were mixed upon arrival so they were not able to communicate and therefore rebel. Types: societies with slaves/ auxiliary slaves new england, mexico, argentina, quebec (not to same extent as slave societies) Slave societies / mass slaves brazil, virginia, cuba. Slavery is: private property, system of labour, social institutions legally same as land, home, or furnishing. And economic system with contrast to paid labour and free wage labour, which also existed. Europeans practices other forms of slavery during the medieval period. Romans and greeks, which gave way to serfdom.
