HIST 170 Lecture 1: History 170 (All Notes)
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1745, enslaved for 10 years on sugar plantations, purchased freedom in. 400-year perspective on slave trade by 1820s 10. 1 million african slaves. Slavery and sugar in the mediterranean: after ottomans conquer constantinople in late 15th century, shift of slaves from around the black sea to northern & sub-saharan africa, production of sugar necessitates large source of manual labour. Portuguese first to begin with atlantic and african slavery goal of conquering. Domestic trade for slaves in africa trade between europeans and africans. Africans divided between lines of family and clan lineages. Portuguese settlements and forts on west african coast as slave trade spaces. After 1810 slave trade monopolized by the french. Atlantic creoles as charter generations mixing of cultures. Majority of slaves sent to brazil or caribbean to sugar plantations. Dutch slave traders and american mainland, 1621. Societies with slaves: the south in the atlantic world. First sale of slaves in va, 1619.
