AFAMAST 1122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Atlantic Slave Trade

• School: Ohio State University
• Department: African American & African Std
• Course: AFAMAST 1122
• Professor: All

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Lineage slavery slaves were acquired through conquests of neighboring villages or surrounding cultural areas. Slaves could be gradually incorporated into the new community they have been taken into, and this happens a lot through marriage. The white ma(cid:374)"s gra(cid:448)e west africa and west central africa. The presence of malaria specifically kept out the europeans for some time, as europeans died off very quickly in these areas. Portuguese traders came to western africa in the 15th (cid:272)e(cid:374)tury, a(cid:374)d that"s (cid:449)hen the first sale of a slave was performed. These slaves were usually gifts to prestigious rules in europe, such as the catholic pope. You(cid:374)g (cid:373)e(cid:374) (cid:449)ho do(cid:374)"t (cid:449)a(cid:374)t to ha(cid:448)e to (cid:449)ait to o(cid:271)tai(cid:374) po(cid:449)er fro(cid:373) their elders, e(cid:374)gaged i(cid:374) the sla(cid:448)e trade to accumulate the wealth they have longed for. Take your one single slave and sell it on the coast for material goods. Use this european material good and go to interior africa and sell it for more slaves.