Africa and the Atlantic Slave Trade 1400-1800. Slavery in Africa pre 1440 Ownership status meant other Africans… Social status Kings create loyal following.

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Africa and the Atlantic Slave Trade

Slavery in Africa pre 1440 Ownership status meant other Africans… Social status Kings create loyal following Characteristics Long history of slave system in Africa With Islam came another form of slavery Not land Slaves inherited Served variety of functions Spoils of war

What do Europeans find? Slavery in all parts of Africa Large numbers of slaves Well developed slave trade markets/routes Owners were usually merchants African legal system conducive to owning slaves **Political fragmentation

Major Stages in Atlantic Slave Trade Stage 1: – Role of Portuguese First to engage in exploration/slave trade Sailed around tip of Africa (Dias/Da Gama) Domestic servitude in Europe Africans held advantage in trade 1000/YEAR (Origin)

Stage 2: 1500 – Labor intensive agriculture and Mining in New World Major Stages in Atlantic Slave Trade 2. Native Americans were ineffective Not enough (disease) Lack of Agricultural skills Africans were more secure labor source Role of Catholic Priests (Expansion) (sugar/precious metals)

Results: By % of slaves went to Brazil and Americas… Slaves originally arrive as indentured servants 2000/year between Rest went to Europe Dutch, French, English involved

Stage 3: 1650 – 1800 Reasons for increase: Continued Growth of plantation economy Price of slaves increases African role – Maintain Demand for Guns –Involved in selling: strategy against capture (peak) –Civil Wars persist –European coercive tactics

By 1750 – 10% went to N.America. … Every European nation involved No laws prohibiting trade 1400 –1800: Assess the Impact rest went to Americas – 12 million slaves – Mostly from W. Africa—Impact: *Population *Labor Force *Economy *African Family Structure- New Culture in New World: Music, foods, added to Christianity Social Structure in New World: Mulattoes (Latin America) or Gullahs in American South disappears

Stage 4: 1800’s Age of Enlightenment & Revolutions Abolition Movements Role of Great Britain (decline-Reasons) Dawn of the Industrial Age Raises the question of equality of man-Can that concept coexist with slavery? England and the United States Best Navy in the world—ends slave trade Slaves are too expensive in machine age