INTL 1101 Chapter 12 Steger: Slaves, Germs, Trojan Horses
15 Oct 2018
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Slavery and human trafficking and pathogens: dark side of globalization. Used for silver mining and as soldiers. Slavic population had highest number of slaves. Slavers kept ethnically similar slaves apart to avoid uprising. Sugarcane origin from pacific islands india mediterranean. Slavery-based commerce in the new world, global. 1575-1650 brazil primary sugar supplier for europe. 1830: banned in most c + s america. Trade goods for slave ships, slave ships provided market for asian goods. Supply of slaves colonial system continued. Not just for elite but also mass consumption. People from weak, political disrupt societies subsumed into stronger richer ones. Asia: through captive war, trade, and slavery. Live in a city for a year and a day to become a free man. Exported mostly male slaves heavy female ratio. African tribal leaders sent to protest abolition of slavery. Portugal: brandy, tobacco, guns, sugar, lux items. Native americans dying from overseas illness from europe. Rise of sedentary agriculture communities vectors for disease.
