Sociology 2239 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Triangular Trade, Unfree Labour, Middle Passage

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 2239
• Professor: Esra Ari

Document Summary

Slavery was an economic institution of the first importance . The reasons for slavery are not moral, but economic circumstances. After the colonies were established in the fifteenth century, chattel slavery was born as a response to the problem of labour shortage to cultivate the raw materials in the new. Before the 1400"s slavery was widespread (greece and rome: not based on race or physical appearance. Chattel slavery (mass slavery) of the 16th century vs domestic slavery of medieval times. 1518- first shipment of slaves (chattel slavery) from west africa to the caribbean (sugar plantations) Chattel slavery of the 16th century: movable property/real estate, industrial and agricultural, collective, inherited. Slavery of medieval times: personal service, individuals, for limited time (non inherited, member of the family. The origin of slavery had nothing to do with the colour of the labourer, but the cheapness of the labour. Unfree labour in the new world was brow, white, black, and yellow; catholic,