Slavery
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1. In 1619, the Dutch introduced the first captured Africans to
America, planting the seeds of a slavery system that evolved into
a nightmare of abuse and cruelty that would ultimately divide the
nation.
2. The Dutch were the first people that brought slaves to America
3. Were capture and brought to America
4. Some slaves were indentured servants (They earn land and
freedom in exchange for 7 years of hard work).
5. Africans were workers without rights
6. In 1641, slavery was legalized
7. In 1660 king Charles II established Royal African company to
transport the Africans, they called “black gold”, from Africa to
America
8. England outlawed slave trade in 1807
9. America made its own slave trade
10.
1860 more than 1 million slave were traded off and
separated from their families
11.
Slaves were treated like animals (put in to small spaces like
pens and beat with sticks. They were also chained up)
12.
Owners were punished if they did not capture the slaves
who had run away from the fields
13.
Most slaves were from the west coast of Africa
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14.
Approximately 30-60 million slave were captured and were
put on the ship, but only 1/3 of the Africans survived
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15.
Americans did not care for the families of the Africans
16.
They would separate them from their families
17.
About 10-20% of slave marriages were destroyed because
of this
18.
Most slaves, married and lived with the same spouse until
death, and most slave children grew up in two parent households
19.
The Africans usually were named after their mom, dad,
grandparents, or recently deceased relatives
20.
Children between the ages of 7-10 were taken from their
parents and sent to live in separate cabins or with different slave
owners
Class Notes
21.
Africans were brought against their will and forced to work
for no wages
22.
Africans were chosen because they were fit and athletic and
they had no defense system to fight back and the English had the
most powerful defense at the time
23.
Africans were put into European factories where they would
be numbered and distributed out to ships which then would be
sent to the Americas
24.
The voyage would take 1-3 months the English would treat
them harshly and the slaves were cramped up in small spaces
25.
The Zong massacre was on November in 1781 when the
captain ordered 1/3 of the slaves (alive) to be thrown off board
26.
The Zong massacre was done because the captain wanted
the insurance money and so he brought the case to court
27.
He eventually won but he did this because the insurance
company would not give him the money
28.
The slaves were poked, forced to open mouths for buyers
29.
The buyers would check for any marks for resistance
30.
The more the marks the more the trouble the African gave
them
31.
There would be high prices for young slaves and women
32.
There would be lower prices for old people, children, and
sickly slaves
33.
The slaves would be placed in pens for auctioning and the
skin would be covered in grease and /or tar to make them look
nice
34.
The nicer they look the higher the price
35.
The slaves would have to work all day long with not that
much food or no food at all
36.
The slaves wood not get time to themselves
37.
The slaves were not allowed to meet in groups
38.
There would be an overseer at the fields where they can
watch the slaves ( they would beat them if they did not work
properly)
39.
The slaves would not be able to leave the plantation without
the owner’s permission (go meet wife/children
40.
They were not allowed to learn how to read or write or plant
their own food
41.
These rules were to control the slaves completely so the
slaves have no rights
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42.
Slavery in America began when the first African slaves were
brought to the North American colony of Jamestown, Virginia, in
1619, to aid in the production of such lucrative crops as tobacco.
43.
Slavery soon led to not only the fields but house work also
44.
Owners would buy slaves and would make them clean their
house
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45.
Slaves brought their religion with them but they got to
America their tradition started to alter, or change.
46.
The demand for slaves was really high because the English
would bring in a lot of money because of the slave hard work and
the slaves
47.
The slaves were good at growing crops
48.
The slaves were not allowed to gather in groups because so
they can’t plan on hurting their master or killing him
49.
During the time Africans were brought to America Indian
tensions arose
50.
When they were brought here the slaves were examined by
the surgeon or the buyer form head-toe