BL ST 7 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Nutmeg, Cash Crop, Indentured Servant
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The root of slavery is slav, meaning a person from the slavic world. This links to earlier practices of european enslavement, often connected with warfare. The transatlantic slave trade differed because of its systematic structural policies outside of warfare directly linking race with servitude. Slaves came from most parts of africa, including the southern indian ocean. Gulf of guinea: also known as slave coast. Coming from a tropical environment, they had relative immunity. Immunity to malaria and yellow fever: many skilled americans had capacities to farm difficult lands through generationally passed-down techniques. After emancipation in the caribbean, many indentured servants were imported from india as well as china, africa, and europe: using indentured servants for what was formerly slave work. Technical loophole for colonials so as to not forgo profits. Women primarily do harvesting: slave hierarchy. What was the main cash crop produced: sugar. Which country was the first major producer of sugar: france (1741-1770)
