THE SLAVE TRADE And labor systems in the

THE SLAVE TRADE And labor systems in the New World

WARM UP When you think of the word ‘slavery, ’ what comes to mind? Bullet point some terms/words.

BEFORE WE GO ON… • Slavery is bad. All of slavery is bad. No one should ever be a slave. It’s inhumane and terrible. • I am not saying that slavery is good. However, certain forms of slavery are better than other forms of slavery. • The Americas had the worst slavery.

CHATTEL SLAVERY (the worst) • Chattel = personal property – Think “cattle” • Taking one group of people from their homeland to another place • TERRIBLE AND AWFUL • Zero rights, lots of abuse • Usually ‘others’ – different races or religions

CHATTEL SLAVERY (the worst) • Atlantic Slave Trade – Triangular trade – Middle Passage • Plantations – USA: Tobacco and cotton – Brazil: Sugar

TAX-FARMING (not as bad as Chattel) EXAMPLES • • • Encomienda Indentured servants Feudal Britain/Europe Japanese shogunate Ottoman Empire Russia under Peter the Great DEFINTIONS • Work on the land • Social hierarchy – lords, serfs • Can gain freedom in some instances

HUMAN BEING (kind of? Most enlightened form of slavery) EXAMPLES DEFINTION • Greece • Rome • No political power • Work for pay, but cannot leave land/master • Relationships with nonslaves • Able to own property, have family • Literate • Possibility of social mobility • Think domestic servants

COMPARE/CONTRAST • Slavery in the Roman Empire versus slavery in the Americas

MODERN SLAVERY?

MODERN SLAVERY? • • Sex trafficking Child labor Day laborers (? ) What else…

CCOT - 2015 • Analyze continuities and changes in labor systems in ONE of the following regions within the time period 1450 to 1900. – Latin America and the Caribbean – North America