PSY 202 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Malaria, Middle Colonies, Neolin
12 Jul 2016
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Slavery and empire: 7. 7 million africans were imported into the new world between 1492 and 1820. Atlantic trade: triangular trade carried british manufactured goods to america and the colonies, brought colonial products to europe, and shipped slaves from africa to the. Africa and the slave trade: most african rulers partook in the slave trade. Created a gender gap because more young people were taken. The best workers taken away, left with those too old or too young to work. Slave trade itself encouraged more and more slaves to be captured. 3 distinct slave systems developed: tobacco: chesapeake. More involvement with whites (less autonomous) led to harsher treatment. Lots of slave families developed due to extended amounts of time spent: genders became an equal ratio. Most learned english, were apart of the great awakening. Larger mixed-race population: rice: south carolina and georgia slaves had partial immunity to malaria that spread rapidly in rice fields.
