HIST 170 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: William Byrd Ii, Indian Removal Act, Ira Berlin
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Historical south: at first the south occupies very little significance, the outh starts off as a (cid:862)so(cid:272)iet(cid:455) (cid:449)ith sla(cid:448)es(cid:863) (cid:271)efore it e(cid:448)er (cid:271)e(cid:272)o(cid:373)es a (cid:862)sla(cid:448)e so(cid:272)iet(cid:455)(cid:863) An atlantic world of birth: the atlantic world is a combination of 4 distinct worlds (european, african, south. American, and north american: portuguese and spanish these european societies were naturally sea-centric and thus were looking to expand. They wanted to get in on the iron, cloth, gold, and other good that were coming from africa: the europeans were not as strong as we normally think they are. They were only able to initiate trade in a few areas instead of simply conquering africa. In fact, the africans got the better end of the deals negotiated. The atlantic slave trade and the african diaspora. The context of the enslavement: slavery already existed in africa, mainly as captives from small wars.
