Chattel Slavery, The Middle Passage and Sugar Plantations

African Ritual Slavery

Generally, they involved prisoners of war or hostages held for debt, ransom, or during war between tribes. Thus, slave status was not necessarily permanent. These slaves were typically adult males only, not women and children.

Chattel Slavery

This is what developed in the Americas. Where enslaved people were considered the property of their owners for life and could be passed down through generations

Stono Rebellion

A slave uprising in South Carolina, which was the largest one in the Southern colonies before the American Revolution.

Reasons for African Slave Labor in the Americas (Work)

Labor-intensive, high-demand goods

Reasons for African Slave Labor in the Americas (Labor)

It takes an army of laborers to meet the demands and the labor cost must be kept down for the enterprise to be profitable

Middle Passage

The brutal transatlantic journey of kidnapped Africans from their homeland to the Americas for sale as salves

Sugar Plantations

Europeans almost wiped out the native people to the land and replaced them with slaves. They worked in harsh conditions and there was a high mortality rate

Thomas Thistlewood

Awful person who raped and killed many people. Left behind a 14,000 page diary of what his actions were. He wasn’t ashamed for his actions.