Slave Trade Essay 2 - Relationships Between Slaves And Owners Flashcards
Humanitarian concerns
Knowledge
People who were involved in the slave trade give little or no thought towards the slaves
Peoples business relied on sugar and cotton, slave products
Analysis
Did not view slaves as humans more as animals
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Some slaves and owners formed bonds of friendship, were not equal but treated as humans
Religious concerns
Knowledge
Christians used the existence of slavery in the bible to justify slavery
Missonaries viewed slavery as introducing slaves to god, good thing
Analysis
Owners uses these reasons to justify beatings and cruelty as they were viewed as saving thrm
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Christians viewed slavery as immoral and campaigned against it
Financial considerations
Knowledge
Ships had to decide, pack loosely = less slaves less money less death
Pack tightly = more slaves more money more death and disease
Slave owners would kill slaves, not valuable property
Analysis
Slaves not seen as human, slaves seen as cheap property
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Killing slaves is a dumb financial consideration
Fear of revolt
Knowledge
Slaves outnumbered slave owners drastically, this caused paranoia and fewr they would fight back
Analysis
Spiked hostility and cruelty to stop any revolt. More slaves revolted the worse the treatment became
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Slave owners signed deals with free slaves to stop them freeing other slaves, limiting the factor
Racism and prejudice
Knowledge
Believed they were more evolved and superior to slaves
Viewed slaves like farm animals and property
Analysis
Treated like property, so much so the law viewed murder of slaves as not murder but insurance fraud
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Not racism as they didn’t spend enough time woth them to view them as human
