What Is Slavery? Flashcards
What is slavery? (9)
- form of social oppression
- not seen as humans but as possessions that could be traded
- provided labour without wages and no rights
- not permanent( earn freedom but working or paying)
- children of slaves didn’t automatically become salves too
- slaves captured in battle
- sold themselves into slavery to pay off debts
- enslaved for punishment for crimes
- with European colonization nature of slavery changed
Why were people captured? (2)
- colonies needed laborers cause they had plantations
- captured with the sole purpose of being sold into slavery
What was the driving force behind modern slavery?
Colonization of the Americas
How many Africans were taken across the Atlantic from 1451-1870?
10-12 million
What was the role of slave labour in the growth of industrialization? (3)
- small because technology and Britain’s access world markets
- crucial
- not profits of slavery trade as such but triangular trade transition industrialization and capitalism
What is the link between slavery and capitalism?
Slavery contributed to the development of capitalism
What were the colonial plantation economies in the 16th century?
- Brazil
- Haiti
- Cuba
And
Sugar plantations
And
Use of slave labour
What were the most important slavery commodities in North America?
Tobacco and cotton
What happened to capitalism before the industrial revolution?
Merchant capitalism was based on trade
Why were the plantation economies dependent on slavery labour?
It was cheap and it was a large supply
How did the slaves from Africa benefit the American economy?
Slavery labour was cheap and the skates produced a lot so the prices of American goods are were cheaper and cheaper
What were some luxury goods and how did this contribute to the development of industries in England?
Tobacco and sugar because it was now sold as everyday items and in those days people bought a lot of it so it contributed to the economy
