Chapter 1 Flashcards
Name one specific precaution used to control slaves aboard slave ships
The Europeans aboard the slave ships would check daily for knives, nails, and other tools the slaves might have hidden. This was done so that if an uprising occurred, they would have no weapons
What was the method called where slaves were placed in a yard and buyers came rushing in and grabbed them by hand and with ropes?
A scramble
What is the great inconvenience King Afonso speaks of in his letter to King João?
Many of his people captured free people (sometimes noblemen) and sold them to the Europeans for their goods
What is diaspora?
A mass dispersion of people from their home land
What are carracks or caravels?
Small sailing ships which had two or three masts and were powered by both triangular and square sails
Who were the gaunches?
The aboriginal inhabitants of the Canary Islands
Who were the Taino Indians?
One of the indigenous peoples of the Caribbean
What was encomienda?
A labor system used by the Spanish in their colonization of the Americas. Under this system, the crown granted colonists control over a specified number of Native Americans from whom they could extract labor
Who were ladinos?
Latinized blacks who were born or raised in Spain, Portugal, or these nations’ Atlantic or American colonies who spoke fluent Spanish or Portuguese
What were bozales?
A term used by the Spanish for recently imported African captives
What was Elmina castle and what was it used for?
A fortress in present day Ghana, built by the Portuguese as a trading post in 1482 and used as a major slave trading center by the Dutch from 1637 to 1814
What was an Asiento?
A contract or trade agreement created by the Spanish crown
How did the triangle trade system work?
European merchants exchanged manufactured goods for enslaved Africans, whom they shipped to the Americas to exchange for New World commodities, which they then shipped back to European markets
What were coffles?
A group of animals, prisoners, or slaves chained together in a line
What were barracoons?
Barracks or sheds where some slaves were confined before boarding the slave ships
