HIST 11051 Lecture 29: Global Commerce Lecture 2
28 Apr 2019
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Native americans became dependent on european trade goods, many animal species were depleted through overhunting, russian fur trade. Profits of fur trade were the chief incentive for russian expansion. The african diaspora created racially mixed societies in the americas. Slavery became a metaphor for many types of social oppression. Slavery in context: most human societies have had slaves, africans had practiced slavery and sold slaves for centuries slavery took many forms, depending on the region and time period. Slaves were often assimilated into their owners" households. Children of slaves were sometimes free, sometimes slaves. Not all slaves had lowly positions (in islamic world, many slaves had military or. Islamic world preferred female slaves; atlantic slave trade favored males political status) The scale and importance of the slave trade in the americas was enormous largely based on plantation agriculture, with slaves denied any rights at all.
