missed last lecture for dragoncon...and it was totally worth it
Key words:
sugar and slaves
the middle passage
gang and task systems
triangular trade
plantation system
creoles
african and african american culture

find an article and do a three page write up, must have historical reference, due on 19th, use turnitin.com
between 1701 and 1817, over 10M slaves shipped from africa to the americas, 600K make it to colonies
very lucrative trade, perfected by dutch, taken by english
blacks captured by blacks at first, slaves were sometimes captured opposing tribes that were sold to remove them from the land
once the slaves were at the coast, held in pens until they had enough to put on a ship
the slave system took all three parts to work properly (americas, europe, africa)
blacks were only temporarily better off than other blacks, slave traders were occasionally captured and sold as slaves themselves
driven by market forces, demand for cheap labor
ships were absolutely packed with slaves
took 3 weeks to 3 months to get across middle passage/atlantic
would let them on deck to exercise once a day
1/6 brought to new world died
could literally smell the ships coming
held in pens until auction on the wharf
1619, first slaves arrived for tobacco farming
all colonies had slaves
north is society with slaves, south is a slave society
sometimes keep in the city until seasoned (exposed to diseases)
typically given 1 set of clothes for the year
no real incentive to work other than not getting beat
instead of using a gang system, south carolina went to task system, do this task, and the rest of the day is yours
no work on sundays

triangular trade - slaves to americas, sugar, tobacco, and cotton to europe, textiles, rum, and mfg goods to africa
tended to make living easier for those involved in the trade, a little bit more $$, worth it to most
great wealth in charleston
other places such as chesapeake bay, no massive plantations, whites worked along with black
african culture began to mix with european/american culture
tried to keep religion away from slaves, teaches them to read, power higher than owner, hope, collaboration
banjo came from africa/low coast of south carolina
gullah/giechi - mix between english and various african languages
ways to resist - fight back, run away, break tools, slow down
those that ran to the swamps called maroons
symbols of african culture persisted through slavery