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CONTEXTUALIZING LIVED EXPERIENCE ECONOMIC HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY OPPRESSION HUMAN AGENCY Workshop II History of Slavery
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LENS VIEW LARGER HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE BOOK INTERWEAVE DISCUSSION OF THE BOOK WITH CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION Prince Among Slaves
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Timbo Timbuktu Timbo
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WHAT WAS THE CHARACTER OF SLAVERY IN AFRICA? (BEFORE THE EUROPEAN SLAVE TRADE) Comparative Perspectives
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DEVELOPED INTO A COMPLEX POLITICAL ECONOMY What began as incremental trade in human beings
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Triange Trade
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Capture St. James Island, on the Gambia River Capture in Africa
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Market, Gold Coast, 1600s Corridor of No Return Pictures from the Route to the Coast
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Elmina Slave Castle (Ghana)
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The Middle Passage
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Depictions of the Middle Passage
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Work and Life in the Americas
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Absolute Social Control? Shock of Enslavement Capture and Middle Passage: Separated families, ethnic groups, language groups Violence Lack of Education Separation from Religious Traditions and Practices
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Work Above all…….provided raw materials for manufacturing and markets in Europe, Africa, and Asia In the United States, built the South (literally) and fueled Northern Development Work varied, depending upon the region and crop Field Work Domestic Work Skilled TradesSpecialization Carpenters, Shoemakers, black smiths, weavers
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Tobacco Cultivation
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Rice Cultivation
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Sugar Cultivation
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Resistance and Abolition
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West Indies
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Marriage
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Outright Resistance Weapons of the Weak Revolt Relatively Rare: African majorities, brutal exploitation, low survival rates, little acculturation, geographic isolation Everyday Resistance Worked slowly Destroyed tools and property Stole Food and other Resources Ran away Community and Family as resistance
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Christianity and Slavery Social Control and Resistance First and Second Great Awakenings Revivals and Birth of Evangelical Christianity Individual, Direct connection to the divine Ideologically Undermines Hierarchy Planters: Emphasized Obedience Enslaved Men, Women, and Children Held secret prayer meetings Found a source of freedom and justice Helped them survive in the face of oppression
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Anti-Slavery and Abolition
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A Diverse Movement Anti-Slavery Societies and politicians that believed slavery violated the ideals of the republic Uneasy about solutions Favored containment, believed in slow reform/change Colonizationists-believed only solution was transport back to Africa
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Radical Abolitionism Slavery an abomination Urged absolute and immediate abolition and freedom for enslaved people Most influential favored non-violence Others favored more terrorist tactics: John Brown, David Walker
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Conclusions
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