Discussion Board 4
Describe the nature of the early African-European contact.
At first, the relations between the Europeans and Africans centered primarily on the trade of items such as gold, ivory, cloth and guns. Then things took a turn for the worse when trade turned to from gold, ivory, cloth and guns to humans.
What is meant by enslavement?
Enslavements is the making slaves of your captives or forcibly dispossessing an owner of property (people).
How did the plantation system make slavery a lucrative business?
The plantation made slavery a lucrative business because slavery anchored merchant capitalism. The slaves enriched planters of cotton, tobacco, indigo, and sugar.
What part did racism play in the treatment of the enslaved Africans?
The enslave Africans were not seen as people and therefore they were treated harshly. They were only seen as profitable property. There culture and religion were all ignored.
By what means did African American slaves seek survival and liberations?
African American slaves sought survival and liberation by escaping from the plantation and setting up their own colony in hard to navigate areas such an mountains and swamps.
How did Africans resist slavery?
Africans resisted slavery by revolting and holding on to their culture from their homeland.
.~ African Guardians, European Slave Ships, and the Changing Dynamics of Power in the Early Modern Atlantic, Stephanie E. Smallwood (155.20 K)
... African Guardians, European Slave Ships, and the Changing Dynamics of Power in the Early ... ... Stephanie E. Smallwood ... ... POWER was nowhere more precariously held in the early modern Atlantic than aboard a slave ... ... 160; Slave ships were distinguished from other ... ... 160; If naked physical force was a resource captains needed, it ... [search builder]
The William and Mary Quarterly, 59:1.
10.~ Rural Capitalism in Iron Country: Staffing a Forest Factory, 1808–1815, Thomas M. Doerflinger (164.49 K)
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At first, the relations between the Europeans and Africans centered primarily on the trade of items such as gold, ivory, cloth and guns. Then things took a turn for the worse when trade turned to from gold, ivory, cloth and guns to humans.
What is meant by enslavement?
Enslavements is the making slaves of your captives or forcibly dispossessing an owner of property (people).
How did the plantation system make slavery a lucrative business?
The plantation made slavery a lucrative business because slavery anchored merchant capitalism. The slaves enriched planters of cotton, tobacco, indigo, and sugar.
What part did racism play in the treatment of the enslaved Africans?
The enslave Africans were not seen as people and therefore they were treated harshly. They were only seen as profitable property. There culture and religion were all ignored.
By what means did African American slaves seek survival and liberations?
African American slaves sought survival and liberation by escaping from the plantation and setting up their own colony in hard to navigate areas such an mountains and swamps.
How did Africans resist slavery?
Africans resisted slavery by revolting and holding on to their culture from their homeland.
.~ African Guardians, European Slave Ships, and the Changing Dynamics of Power in the Early Modern Atlantic, Stephanie E. Smallwood (155.20 K)
... African Guardians, European Slave Ships, and the Changing Dynamics of Power in the Early ... ... Stephanie E. Smallwood ... ... POWER was nowhere more precariously held in the early modern Atlantic than aboard a slave ... ... 160; Slave ships were distinguished from other ... ... 160; If naked physical force was a resource captains needed, it ... [search builder]
The William and Mary Quarterly, 59:1.
10.~ Rural Capitalism in Iron Country: Staffing a Forest Factory, 1808–1815, Thomas M. Doerflinger (164.49 K)
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