unit 2 Flashcards
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was a ship that held slaves where many were sick and did not survive
the zong
what was the scandal on the zong and what did they do when it surfaced
many slaves were thrown off the ship; a court case was brought up boosting the abolitionist movement
after the zong did was slave trade made illegal or not
yes, it was illegal
was a result of hierarchy in medieval europe; was before slavery
serfdom
would be born and die on the estate that they served; were not bought or sold but belonged to their estate
peasants
where someone sells themselves to pay off debts; was common practice in colonial north America; only lasted 7-14 years
indentured servants
humans were reduced to commodities; were bought and sold with a price over their heads; most infamous form of slavery
chattel slavery
was an island that trans-Atlantic slavery started
madeira
were under Portuguese control; they have sugar plantations where they put these slaves to harvest; where plantation work started
sao tome and principe
were brought from the interior lands to the coast where they were stores on boats
slaves
profit seeking adventures; would stuff them in boats with no food or water
middle passage
what percentage of slaves would die on every trip
10%`
many slaves would end up in
brazil
where would the slaves work once in brazil
sugar plantations
where would slaves be sent
13 colonies, the carribean, and mexico
the flow of slaves between africa, south america, and north america
the triangular trade
were viewed lower than others
free black people
means mixed racial lineage
casta
what were casta paintings
a racially mixed family where a white person was put at the top of the painting to show that white people were above them
in europe ______ was against all new ideas
slavery
in _______ britain abolishes slavery in all their colonies
1833
in ______ slavery was abolished in the US
1866
slaves were only in
brazil and cuba
in ______ cuba finally foes towards abolition and brazil follows in ________
1886; 1888
