HIST 150 Lecture 16: 10-26-16

• School: Ball State University
• Department: History
• Course: HIST 150
• Professor: Jessica Reuther

Document Summary

Notes 10-26-16: slavery and abolition in european colonies, an imperial world dominated by europe (16th -20th centuries, native american views of christopher columbus. One word- episode 25: christopher columbus: castas in spanish america. Used to (cid:373)easure degrees of (cid:862)white(cid:374)ess,(cid:863) i(cid:374)dige(cid:374)eity a(cid:374)d afri(cid:272)a(cid:374)-ness. Criollos- (cid:894)(cid:862)pure(cid:863) europea(cid:374) des(cid:272)e(cid:374)t (cid:271)or(cid:374) i(cid:374) the a(cid:373)eri(cid:272)as(cid:895) Negro (african: slavery and empire: the middle passage. The transformation of human captives into commodities. Starts the moment africans leave africa on a ship and cross the atlantic. Trans-atlantic enslavement unprecedented in terms of scale: new imperial powers and models (1590s) Brazil and angola: portuguese settler colonies in the atlantic. 1532 - 15 hereditary captaincies were set up by the portuguese crown sugar cultivation. 1548 - brazil placed under direct royal control. 1540s-1640s - counter reformation transformed imperial missionary practices: the netherlands: a private, corporate empire (1602-1798) 1581 dutch cities led by antwerp and amsterdam declared independence from habsburg rule. 1602 dutch east india company or voc (vereenigde oost-indische.