AAS 112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Atlantic Slave Trade, African Diaspora, Insurance Fraud
13 Feb 2018
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Most of the slaves traded through the atlantic slave trade were traded to south. 12 million made it across the atlantic, thousands lost meaning that many died before they could make it across. This is a regulated business, ports are registered and therefore ships are controlled and instructed to go to certain ports and pick up a certain number of shipments (a. k. a slaves) Slaves are needed for cheap labor to support agricultural economies in their expanding territories. The slave trade continues due to the hope and promise of more and more profit. Slave = master owns your person and your progeny. There is already an established network for trade. This idea of establishing alliances with people that are not your people is already intact due to the trade of goods. The idea that a slave is an outsider. Understood that this person is of lower status than you and your people. You never trade or enslave your own people.
