REL 0833 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Triangular Trade, Europe 1, Industrial Revolution
27 Nov 2016
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An item of tangible movable or immovable property except (other than) real estate. 15th century, and accelerating in the 17th century. Triangular trade went on for hundreds of years. Slavery was last abolished in brazil (portuguese colony), in 1888. Millions of africans had to go through the middle passage (crossing of atlantic) About 1/3 of africans died during middle passage (20 million) Most afri(cid:272)a(cid:374)s : between 15 and 35, largest number of africans brazil (38%, the area largest (cid:374)u(cid:373)(cid:271)er of afri(cid:272)a(cid:374)s cari(cid:271)(cid:271)ea(cid:374) (cid:894)a(cid:271)out 55%(cid:895, the united state 6% Not the native americans: knowledge of land, not immune to european disease. Not the europeans: no agricultural skills, unreliable source of labor, had to be paid. Impact of slavery on africa: demographic loss of population, social disruption of communities (high level of distrust, economic: loss of labor, political: created tension between ethnic groups. Intellectual/creativity: loss of brain power and psychology, created self-doubt and hatred.
