NEW150Y1 Lecture Notes - Human Capital, Atlantic Slave Trade
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Lecture 9- africa"s interaction with americas before emergence of modern states in africa. Checks and balances all power not given to one particular individual or group. Can easily be removed from chiefdom by subjects two ways of thinking about relationship nature of interaction. 1 trade was the key feature of the interaction: africa was introduce to americas through scholarship and in particular through the work of anthropologists who were the initial ppl focusing on trade and atlantic slave trade. Interaction with north america with africa was done through intermediaries. Portugeses introduced africans to us through transportation of africans to. In 1501, the first african slave arrived in the americas via spain. Was portuguese that transported slaves, first people to engage in slave trade, 1441, portugese bought african from present day mauritania. Portugese never went to africa to buy human beings, went to africa for; heard through rumours about powerful african christian king that lived in.
