Chapter 4-- Slavery, Freedom, and the Struggle for Empire

Britain’s acquisitions of asient from the Dutch in the Treaty of Utrecht of 1713 was a major step to?

expanding its rise to commercial supremacy

Atlantic Trade: Africa sent what to the NW

slaves

Atlantic Trade: NW sent what to Britain

colonial products

Atlantic Trade: Britain sent what to Africa

manufactured goods and weapons

Atlantic Trade: how was slavery beneficial to Britain/colonies

profits from slavery stimulated rise of ports (Liverpool & Bristol) & the growth of banking, shipbuilding, and insurance, and helped to finance the early Industrial Revolution

Africa and the Slave Trade: what was the major European weapon that encouraged the further growth of slavery

guns

Africa and the Slave Trade: how did the slave trade affect africa?

slave trade weakened and distorted West Africa’s society and economy due to 10k deaths yearly

what was the Middle passage

voyage across the Atlantic for slaves

the Middle passage: what conditions did most slaves face

• terrible conditions

• most died before arriving to NW

• over cramped

• measles and smallpox

• sick thrown overboard

the Middle passage: most slaves were sent to West Indies or Brazil, but there was still a constant demand for new slave imports. why, if that region got the majority slaves?

death rates on sugar plantations were extremely high, so they kept losing slaves and demanded more

name the three distinct slave system and the colonies

chesapeake: tobacco-based plantation

SC & GA: rice-based plantation

new england and middle colonies: non-plantation slavery

chesapeake slavery: which two colonies were closely tied to Britain and exemplified models of mercantilist policy within their economy

VA & MD

chesapeake slavery: by the eve of the American revolution, there were types of slavery. which type did most work in, though

fields

chesapeake slavery: slavery laid foundation for the consolidation of Chesapeake elites. list them

• merchants: handled tobacco trade

• lawyers: defended the interest of slavery

• landed gentry that dominated region’s society and politics

chesapeake slavery: as slavery expanded, land became more…

concentrated

freedom and slavery in the chesapeake: what did free blacks lose rights to and uh what were they subject to as well

employing white servants, bearing arms, voting. subject to special taxes, punished for striking whites.

Indian Slavery in Early California: What did local creeks do for settlers?

waged wars to capture and sell slaves.

Rice Kingdom: Why was rice equivalent to VA’s tobacco?

aided economic development, and led to large-scale importation of slaves.

Rice Kingdom: What was the SC task system?

slaves were given specific daily tasks and had leisure time when they finished.

Rice Kingdom: Why were slaves better for rice cultivation?

Partial immunity to malaria and taught english settlers how to cultivate it anyways

Georgia Experiment: What were the goals for Georgia

improve condition for debtors, abolish slavery, provide haven for worthy poor.

Georgia Experiment: what happened when Georgia was elected to assembly

1751, unbanned liquor and slaves also given more land.

Slavery in the North: How was slavery different in the North?

Laws less harsh. Slaves were mostly farms hands, personal servants, or did jobs i guess, eventually artisans and merchants began to rely on wage labor.

Becoming African American: what influenced their culture?

synthesis of African, European, and American cultures

Becoming African American: when were slaves identified as African American?

the 19th century

African Religion in Colonial America: what religionand beliefs were brought to America by slaves?

in West Africa: spiritual forces, sacred and secular world relation, dead could influence living. North Africa: Islam

African Religion in Colonial America: What happened to African religion in America

in North America, they kept their faith, but blended with protestant beliefs and practices.

African-American Cultures: What was the effect of slaves reproducing by 1740 in the Chesapeake?

evened gender ratio and allowed for family-centered slave communities

African-American Cultures: the lack of reproduction in SC and GA meant what?

continued reliance of imports, more autonomy, greater african culture.

Resistance to Slavery: What was the first slave uprising?

NYC, 1712. slaves set fire to homes and killed 9 whites.

Crisis of 1739-41: What was Stono Rebellion?

A major slave uprising in South Carolina where enslaved Africans revolted and marched towards Florida, killing white colonists and burning buildings.

Crisis of 1739-41: What was the NY Conspiracy Panic (1741)?

Series of fires led to paranoia and rumors of a slave revolt. Allegations that slaves and white allies would seize the city and hand it to spain. Led to 34 alleged conspirators executed, 4 white.

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