HIST 2055 Chapter : HIST 2055
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Us: african slaves received seasoning in harsher caribbean climate on sugar plantations didn"t succumb to diseases like indians did, european-americans devised principle that god had made africans more suitable for enslavement, while indians could become wives of. Europeans: christians enslaving muslims and vice versa had occurred in past by capture, or even by selling oneself into slavery in times of famine these slaves were still protected by law, given rights to marry, etc. America changed this in 17th century and developed the racial component to slavery: slaves were taken from angola, congo, nigeria, ivory coast, Institutionalized racism grew in late 17th, 18th centuries: due to the relatively compact nature of its economy, new. England"s blacks were never more than 1. 5% of the region"s population thru 1800, but as much as 40-50% in parts of the. South: african beliefs and rituals were incorporated into african.
