UGC 112 Lecture 2: UGC112unit2
19 May 2017
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The trade in human - the trade in africa. Took the name that used to own you. Freed slave becomes member of liberti (freedmen) Get job from outside to pay for it - buy freedom. Mostly came from the north (pagan - worship multiple gods) Early middle ages in west , 5 million slaves from desert trading. Want slaves, but without the saharan middlemen. Spain entered world of slave dealing after discovering new world. No gold/silver/spices in the caribbean, but riches from sugar. Spanish & portuguese burned up local native american population (died from european disease and workforce) Needed lots of cheap workers (preferably with:) Some immunity to european and tropical diseases (west africa has close connection with portuguese) West africa = source, perhaps 10,000,000 with africans brought through the middle passage to the americas to work for sugar. West african rulers saw profit from slave trade: In return for trade goods and firearms.
