Slavery and the Civil War Slavery Comes to
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Slavery and the Civil War
Slavery Comes to America The taking and holding of slaves has occurred in human history for thousands of years. • Ancient Greece, Rome and Egypt • African and Muslim states � The Atlantic Slave trade began in earnest around 1502. • Portugal began buying slaves from Africans and transporting them to new colonies in the New World. � Eventually all the major European powers joined in • Spain • France • England • The Netherlands �
Slaves in North America � The Atlantic slave trade was well established by the time English settlers came to Virginia. � A shortage of labor drove the desire for slaves • Native peoples were too susceptible to European diseases • Indentured servants weren’t efficient • African slaves proved the most effective and lucrative � Lots of land meant that even poor immigrants could be land holders soon and would need labor
Triangle Trade � Three continents were involved in the slave trade • Europe • The Americas • Africa � Europe: Manufactured goods (guns, cloth, iron) � The Americas: Commodities (Sugar, molasses, rice, silk, cotton) � Africa: Human labor and resources (slaves, gold, spices, hardwoods)
The Middle Passage � The voyage from Africa to The Americas became known as “The Middle Passage” � Conditions on ships were extremely harsh • Nearly 13 percent perished on the journey � estimated that Europeans were bringing an 80, 000 slaves to the Caribbean yearly. • About 500, 000 Africans were imported into what is now the U. S. between 1619 and 1807 • The City of Nashville has about 600, 000 � Slaves worked in all facets of life in the North and South • Slavery was outlawed in most of the North by 1800.
Life of a Slave Its difficult to paint one picture of “slave life” � Slave labor could be divided into two categories: • House work �Cooks �Maids �Nannies �Drivers �Butlers • Field work �Crop cultivation and processing �Butchers �Blacksmiths �
African-American Slave Culture � Africans brought to America came from rich cultural traditions • Many customs stayed with slaves particularly in the early colonial days. • Archeologists have found drums and other musical instruments that were similar to ones found in Africa � African slaves were forbidden to learn to read or write • The bible offered an opportunity to gain some education � Women would make beautiful quilts, baskets and rugs � Men would work with iron or wood
African-American Slave Culture � Many foods that we consider “southern” were foods passed down from African culture • Slaves cooked meals and they became popular in white culture � Music was a big part of slave life • Field workers would sing during the day • Slaves sang biblical songs • On Sundays slaves were allowed, even encouraged, to sing and play music. • The creation of “negro spiritual”
Slaves Revolt � Despite white fears, there were very few instances of slave revolts • Nat Turner • Stono Rebellion � Slaves resisted in other ways • Work stoppage • Broken tools • Creating lives for themselves • Spirituals
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