Week 13- The African Diaspora in the Indian Ocean World

Indentured Slaves

intermediary status: not fully enslaved, not fully free

English/Dutch

transported Indian indentured servants

Indonesia

islands of southeast Asia

british

competed with dutch for labor source

Portuguese/British

picked up African captives along East African coast

East African coast

Mozambique

British East India Company

Enslaved African labor system

Primary source for enslaved African labor

Madagascar

Madagascar

visited around the 1500s

Madagascar early 16th century

• Architecturally similar to Kilwa

• Towns were linked to same trading networks

Afro-Arab

migrated to the interior part of the island

Afro-Arab around 1500s

had two distinct empires

Afro-Arab empires rose

1650

Afro-Arab empires fell

1900

Madagascar name given by Portuguese

St. Lawrence

French

• attempted to establish presence in 17th century

What type of colony was Madagascar

French

Mauritius

referred as Ill de France

1498- Mauritius

portuguese explores stumble upon in the wake of Vasco de Garna’s voyage

16th century-Mauritus

• Dutch first colonized the island

• Wasnt initially habited by humans

Slaves, indentured slaves, Dutch

over the next two centuries ______, ________, and ______ were habited on the island

Mauritus

• Under control of the French East Indian Company

• Pronounced social fluidity

• French immigrants

• White migrants

White migrants of mauritus

Creole

French immigrants of mauritius

Low social/political status

Small number of french elites

established as land owners, merchants, etc.

19th century Mauritus

British took over the island and became a major plantation area

living in proximity

• low class Europeans

• Enslaved/Indentured Africans

Rarely discussed in European archives

Enslaved Africans religious status

Indian workers

geographic background was emphasized in records

Large number of enslaved Africans

• Mozambique

• Madagascar

• Southern Africa