HIST 1011 Lecture 7: Atlantic-Slavery
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Society that enslaves most people depend most on global trade: tobacco and sugar. Society with slavery: any society with the institution. Slave society: slavery is the most fundamental institution where economy depends on it and politics depends on condition of slavery: confederate america needed civil war to abolish it politics and society depend on slavery. Also west africa and indian slave trade. American plantation society = most slavery-dependent society in the world: not cotton slavery (only post-industrial revolution development, american south was also not major destination of slaves. Majority of people arriving at america from atlantic were african slaves: largest forced human migration in human history. Early portuguese expansion: began trading with west africa slaves, originally slaves were sent to mediterranean as household slaves, changed when america was discovered. When america was discovered, there were 3 strategies: transplant european societies to america (recreation of european societal structure across atlantic, employ native american labor, establishment of plantation society.
