Causes Of Transatlantic Slavery

Document B is a journal entry from a man named Charles Mackay on his experience in the North. It gives us what blacks should be able to do and what restriction the had. According to Doc B, “We shall not make a black man a slave; we shall not buy or sell him; but we shall not associate with him”. This document tells us what rights black’s should have and what restrictions they could have.

Prior to the movement of European Imperialism in Africa, a major law was passed. In 1807, the British government banned the Transatlantic slave trade. As a result, in 1833, slavery as a whole was completely demolished. Slavery was a very profitable trade for not only Britain, but many other European powers. Without the slave trade, many European nations were looking for a new way to expand their power of others. Therefore, many European nations switched their focus and claimed their share of the African continent, in order to continue their economic and social dominance (Document A).

Slavery existed heavily in the South by the 1700’s. What started out with indentured servants, quickly but slowly, became slavery in a more brutal and disheartening way. European colonists turned to slavery because for every one indentured servant there were 17 slaves. (Chapter 2, page 46) This made it easier for European colonists to be able to replace slaves rather than waiting for indentured servants. Also, during Bacon’s Rebellion, Europeans quickly learned that servants were dangerous, because they had a right to fight back. Servants expected to be free within seven years in exchange for working the Europeans land. This also created the image that slaves would be easier to control simply because they had nothing to look forward to, once a slave always a slave. Once the Virginia slave law came out, it initially separated blacks and whites by skin color thus beginning the road to the new definition of “race.” In the south, slavery was in higher demand due to the increase of land to grow crops, indigo and tobacco. The more land you had, the more slaves you needed to pick and grow these crops which increased your money value.

During the mid-fifteenth century, the transatlantic slave trade occurred throughout the world and lasted well over four hundred years. Oversea trade between Africa and the Portuguese, along with other European kingdoms, formed, which began what is known as the transatlantic slave trade. Along with a variety of goods, copious amounts of slaves, roughly twenty-five million, were traded between the continents of Europe and Africa. Driving the trade were politics, economics, religion, business, and a desire for profit. Along with the majority of the African population being traded elsewhere in the world, the overwhelming amount of deaths and low fertility rate among the indigenous people neared the African culture to distinction. Among the documents provided, all can be grouped into two main groups: attitudes and impact. During the years 1450 to 1800, the Europeans showed a large amount of varied opinions towards the Transatlantic Trade slave and the impact of the trade towards the included civilizations.

Slavery in North America first began when the first African slaves arrived in the American colony of Jamestown in 1619. They were first used to aid in the production of the American “cash crop” tobacco. From that point, white land owners depended greatly on the work of slaves. This did not seem an issue at the time but as more people came over to the Americas and more people developed their own ideas of freedom, a silent war broke within the country. The first great schism, the first act of cold war, was the 3/5 Compromise in which it was decided that an African servant was only counted as 3/5 of a person and therefore did not have a strong presence within the government . This was implemented in 1787, long before talk of Civil War would begin. Fast forward three decades, another rift began to spread across America. The Missouri Compromise. At this point in time, slavery was a hot topic. More people spoke openly about their opinions on the topic and that was met with opposition. With the expansion of American territory, there was the decision of if slavery would be allowed or not in the new territories. Missouri was brought into the nation as a slave state while Maine entered as a free state. The compromise on this though, was that “no slave state shall enter into the Union above the 36 30’ line” . It was James Monroe to sign this bill into effect. In another three decades, the Compromise of 1850 would wipe out all evidence of the Missouri Compromise. 1850 had five major

As the European need for slaves to be exported from Africa to the Americas increased, it allowed them to further develop their societies at the disbursement of Africa. It began as a small profitmaking system of transporting a few Africans in exchange for European goods like guns, but led into being a large market that endorsed the capture of many Africans to be transported to the Americas. In response to the European demands, a new social system evolved as whites were the superior and blacks were subservient. Slaves were viewed as property and had no rights. Slave ownership became a key factor to economic success for Europeans. The result of this was the decline of Africa as it was nearly impossible for poor Africans to avoid being put into the slave trade. This led to descent in Africa as they encountered decline both economically and socially. The problems in current day Africa root all the way back to the participation in the slave trade. The Trans-Atlantic slave trade allowed the Europeans to strengthen their world power to and even greater

The time period between 1492 and 1676 fell right in the middle the Age of Exploration. During the Age of Exploration many European countries were looking for new, faster, and easier trade routes and to find new crops and products to bring back to their mother country. In 1492 Columbus happened to stumble upon the New World and this changed the game for Spain and later for many other European countries. It not only changed the game for the Europeans and helped them prosper but it killed off many of the Natives and cause them to live in misery. Although the Europeans main cause for exploration was not to find slaves the idea of slavery began growing on many countries. Slavery in the Western Hemisphere grew tremendously with the arrival of Europeans and many factors contributed to this growth including the fact that slavery was cheaper than indentured servitude, the new labor intensive crops the Europeans discovered, and the Europeans believed they were helping the Natives by putting them in slavery.

In 1619 the first African American slaves were brought to the US to partake in unorthodox labor given by the white man. Slavery was abolished on February 1, 1865, by President Abraham Lincoln. The abolishment of slavery is currently known as the 13th amendment. For more than 200 years black people suffered from heinous decisions made by white men who felt they were superior. Slavery has caused many African Americans to suffer substantially during segregated times with illiteracy, broken families, and unpaid workforce.

In March 1845, the United States decided to make Texas a single country – the Public of Texas. Texas agreed to that in July, but then in December, it formally joined the Confederated Union. The federal government didn’t treat slave sates fairly. They refused to pay slave countries some expenses and attack their citizens. North non-slave-holding states made laws to protect their own property from the South while themselves were invading. Later, the North controlled the Union. Texas found it was time to leave and protect ourselves. Therefore, we dissolved all organizations related to the United States. Finally, Texas declared its independence in 1961.

Slaves in the American South had many struggles and difficulties such as working conditions and enduring punishment.

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She associates her conditions to those of slaves because she realizes that instead of being treated as a free person, who came to America by themselves, she was treated inferior to slaves, she could not complain and work how she wanted to and would love to. She wanted to be free at her work, but she was treated as the slave with any power it was like submission. In her complaint, she realized that slaves were treated better than her, yet she would not accept to be like a slave because she was not. In her opinion, it is unacceptable to her that they beliefs in God and treat people like worse than slaves for something she decided to do, was unbelievable. She also talks about how we proclaim ourselves as a free God-chosen nation, but the women

The West African slave trade around the 17th-19th century, forced West Africans to be taken away from their homes against their wishes to be placed in a horrid life filled with slavery and labour. The industrial revolution was a period of time where slave trade was a major element of the change occurring in the Americas, the United Kingdom, Australia and Africa. As the demands of British goods increased, people needed more cost-effective ways to produce more, which lead to the rise manufacturing and factories. West Africans were viewed as inferior or non-human, they were treated like objects sold in markets and their lives meant nothing. The racial tension between the West Africans and the English was revolting as the two different races had

As slavery got worst more laws were made previnting them from even leaving there masters land without a certificate from their master. If any black person was found without a certificate they were sent to get 20whips then sent back to there masters. Black people where also not allowed to carry a weapon of defense or Ofense. For instance if any negro or other slave lift his hand against any Christian they would revive 40 lashes on their bare back.

Slavery has played a strong role in African society from as early as prehistoric times, continuing to the modern era. Early slavery within Africa was a common practice in many societies, and was very central to the country’s economy. Beginning around the 7th century, two groups of non-African slave traders significantly altered the traditional African forms of slavery that had been practiced in the past. Native Africans were now being forced to leave the country to be used as slaves. The two major slave trades, trans-Saharan and trans-Atlantic, became central to the organization of Africa and its societies until the modern era. Slavery and the slave trade strongly affected African society, and