HIST 1112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: John Cabot, Triangular Trade
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Not based so much on the color of one"s skin. If the diseases from europe did not kill off all of the natives within the americas, then they were most likely going to be the slaves instead of africans. Immune to diseases after long time interaction with the europeans, similar work. Absolutely, atlanta hartsfield jackson airport serves as one of the most active slave trading spots in the world - sex slave trade, for instance. Most slaves came from the western coast of africa, due to europe"s proximity to the west coast. Triangular trade pattern: americas, caribbean islands, west coast of africa, western europe. We know of this life to death ratio due to the europeans keeping immense records of their accounts. Peek of their sexual lives as well - so as to preserve the generational free labor service.
