Slavery and Freedom ID terms

Atlantic slave trade

Atlantic slave trade

Africans were transported into the new world by ship. In the 18th century a regularized business between European merchants, African traders, and American planters engaged in bargaining over human lives all with the expectation of securing a profit. slave trade was a vital part of commerce and every European empire utilized slave labor and battled for control over the trade

asiento

In the 18th century it was an agreement whereby spain subcontracted foreign power, the right to provide slaves to spanish america. was important diplomatic prize.

Triangular Trading

In the 18th century, the Caribbean remained the commercial focus of the british empire. However slave-grown products from the mainland occupied a larger and larger part of Atlantic commerce. A series of routes crisscrossed the Atlantic, carrying British manufactured goods to Africa and the colonies, colonial products to Europe, and slaves from Africa to the New World

transatlantic slave trade

made Africa a major market for European goods, especially textiles and guns. Both disrupted relationships within and among African societies. Cheap import ed textiles undermined traditional craft production, while guns encouraged the further growth of slavery since the only way to obtain European weapons was to supply slaves.

Ashanti and Dahomey

would arise in West Africa, with large armies using European firearms to prey on their neighbors in order to capture slaves. From a minor institution, slavery grew to become more and more central to West African society, a source of wealth for African merchants and of power for newly emerging African kingdoms. But the loss every year of tens of thousands of men and women in the prime of their lives to the slave trade weakened and distorted West Africa's society and economy.

middle passage

For slaves, the voyage across the Atlantic. triangular trading routes linking Europe, Africa, and America - was a harrowing experience. Men, women and children were crammed aboard vessels as tightly as possible to maximize profits. Diseases like measles and smallpox spread rapidly. (18th century)

yeoman farmers

Who: White farmers who had small farms and did their own labor with little to no slaves. When: during the time of the colonies. Where: mainly in Chesapeake region but throughout the colonies. Significance: They were small farmer who owned smaller portions of land and were considered below large plantation owners on the social hierarchy list.

maroons

Jamaica, a major British center of sugar production, communities of fugitive slaves waged outright warfare against British authorities until a treaty of 1739 reorganized their freedom, in exchange for which they agreed to return future escapees.

Stono Rebellion

In September 1739, South Carolina slaves, (who arrived from Kongo) some, had been soldiers, seized a store containing numerous weapons at the town of Stono. Beating drums to attract followers, the armed band marched toward Florida, burning houses and barns, killing whites shouting "Liberty." The group eventually swelled to some 100 slaves. The rebellion took the lives of many whites, slaves, and innocent bystanders. Some slaves managed to reach Florida, where in 1740 they were armed byhe Spanish to help repel an attack on St. Augustine by a force from Georgia.