HIST1083 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Cape Coast Castle, Serfdom, Atlantic World
Lecture 11.3.16 The Atlantic Slave Trade
• The Atlantic Slave Trade: 1500-1808
o 12 million slaves
o Macro: institutionalized Atlantic trade
▪ Largest involuntary movement of people in history
▪ International trade of slaves for profit
▪ Humans as commodities
▪ Trigger huge social, economic, and cultural consequences
▪
o Micro: real people, real experience
▪ Equiano
o Majority to South America, Caribbean
▪ Because of demand and attrition→avg. lifespan of slave transported is only 7-10
years, high turnover
• The Door of NO Return
o Cape Coast Castle, Ghana
o Last sight of homeland when they walk through the door→dead man walking essentially
o Human commodities→each has a price, if treated well, because they are a commodity
and help turn a profit
o Multiple owners
▪ many were owned by someone in their homeland
Overview
o Slavery before the Atlantic World
o African Slavery
o Instruments of Coercion
o Family and Culture
o Slavery in Europe
o Opposition
• Roots of Slavery
o Broadly accepted that there were groups that were stronger and weaker
▪ If you could you should take advantage state of mind
o Greece and Rome
▪ Expansion of empire→acquiring slaves was the reward of conquest
o Chattel
▪ A human that is an item of personal property
o From slavery to serfdom
▪ Serfdom is effectively slaves→serfs belonged to the land, could be exchanged
by trading land
▪ Looser form of slavery
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Document Summary
Lecture 11. 3. 16 the atlantic slave trade: the atlantic slave trade: 1500-1808, 12 million slaves, macro: institutionalized atlantic trade. Overview: slavery before the atlantic world, african slavery. Instruments of coercion: family and culture, slavery in europe, opposition, roots of slavery, broadly accepted that there were groups that were stronger and weaker. Looser form of slavery: sahara slave trade, going from west to east for thousands of years towards middle east so they had non- In north american, set up their own families retain african names as connection to homeland no guarantee family can stay together: religion retain both traditional beliefs and christianity create distinctive african- American christianity: when name is changed, slave loses identity of where they are from, protests show there was some resistance to slavery, slaves in europe, prestige item. Discussion: module 5 dis(cid:272)ussio(cid:374) fo(cid:396)(cid:373) e(cid:395)uia(cid:374)o(cid:859)s t(cid:396)a(cid:448)els, what (cid:272)ou(cid:396)se the(cid:373)es/issues a(cid:396)e e(cid:448)ide(cid:374)t f(cid:396)o(cid:373) e(cid:395)uia(cid:374)o(cid:859)s t(cid:396)a(cid:448)els, bouncing across the atlantic world, especially as a slave it was exceptional.
