HIST 2B Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Price Revolution, Slave Narrative, Olaudah Equiano
20 Mar 2017
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Slavery: 13 million slaves in slave trade, 300,000 slaves in america, most went to brazil- 40, make sugar, caribbean islands- 50, produce sugar, sugar required a large amount of labor. Many slaves would die from labor: plantations need a constant supply of slaves. Slave trader john barbot: employee of french slave trading company, made trips to west africa in 1670s to 1680s. Describe how the european slave trade operated in africa and on the middle passage across the. What was the slave trader"s point of view toward his work: justification for his actions- feels guilty, family- sold them together, special treatment, has some compassion, but he doesn"t do that for every family. In barbot"s account, some slaves would revolt and kill the crew, happens every year: equiano"s book is a stand for the abolition of slavery, form of resistance, abolition movement was started from slave narratives.
