APUSH Period 2 1607-1754 - TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE/SLAVERY IN BRITISH COLONIES

What centuries did the transatlantic slave trade occur?

16th - 19th century

What was the first region to enslave African in 1481?

Portugal

What area of Africa were people captured/enslaved from by other Africans?

Captured & enslaved along the west coast of Africa

Triangular slaver routes:

• Western Europe - Africa (trading European goods for Africans)

• Middle Passage: Africa - Americas (trading Africans for American goods)

• Americas - Western Europe (trading American goods for European goods)

What was the most brutal passage with ¼ of people dying on the voyage due to the captured being packed in such close quarter?

Middle passage

What led to the British colonies’ need for labor workers? (enslaved people)

Tabbaco Farming

When was the law passed that stated the child of a woman slave would also be an enslaved person?

1662

What did the 1662 law lead to?

1. Skyrocket in the number of enslaved people

2. transition between indentured servitude to race-based chattel slavery

3. solidifying racial hierarchy in the south

Who why and what led to the Bacon’s Rebellion?

poor white farmers uprising in Virginia against their government - discouraged use of white indentured servants, so African slavery was incentivised

Why was Slave Code/Code Noir created?

To control slaves

What did the Slave Code/Code Noir say?

• Forbade literacy

• Forbade marriage

• Restricted moving

What did enslaved people do to resist?

• Poisoning food

• stealing from master

• working slowly

• breaking tools

What did enslaved people do to rebel?

• feigning illness

• continuing to practice old religion + culture

• becoming literate

• etc

What are the important rebellions that led colonist to pass legislature harshening punishments for rebellious slaves?

• Stono Rebellion

• Gabriel Prosser

• Denmark Vesey

• Nat Turner

• Amistad