HIST 264 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Indentured Servant, Slavery In Africa, Caribbean Spanish
6 Jul 2017
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Bacon"s rebellion: uprising of servants and slaves against the governor of virginia. Masters are also afraid of incoming servants advocating for their rights. Masters" powers are being eroded: increasing life expectancies. Modern chattel bondage on atlantic islands as the portugese and spanish build plantations in these islands more outside labor. Small numbers in british north america in 17th century. 3000 slaves in chesapeake from 1675 to 1695. 3000 again from 1695 to 1700 copper mines in hispanola (heiti/dr) while there is slavery, it doesn"t take o like the servitude at the time. 12. 5 million people were forced into slavery from africa, destined only into the new world (a minority of the total number) 1/7 died on the ship (11-15%) died on ship mortality is very high later it was only 5% 1/4 to 1/3 died within the rst year of slavet. 1780"s = 88,000 a year: the nations involved, major slave-trading nations.
