Terms
Royal African Company- A company in London that provided slaves to the New World. They owned a slave trade monopoly.
Middle Passage- Voyage between West Africa and New World colonies.
Mulattoes- People of African and Indian heritage. Also considered property along with slaves and Indians.
Gullah and Geechee- Certain slaves from the South that retained their African cultures more than most other slaves.
Triangular Trade- A system of trade where goods were sent to Africa by European countries, slaves were sent to the Americas by the Africans, and raw materials were sent to European countries by colonists.
Slave Codes- A series of laws passed mainly in the southern colonies in the late 17th and early 18th centuries to defend the status of slaves and codify the denial of basic rights to them.
Chesapeake Rebellion of 1730- A rebellion of slaves that occurred in Virginia, but the slaves were defeated.
“Maroons”- Name for runaway slaves.
Mercantilism- Economic system whereby the government intervenes in the economy for the purpose of increasing national wealth. Encourages exporting more than what is imported.
Queen Anne’s War- American phase of the War of Spanish Succession. The British obtained Acadia, Newfoundland, and the Hudson Bay area from it.
Navigation Acts- English act requiring all colonial trade to be with Great Britain.
Creoles- Citizens who were of African descent but born in America.
King George’s War- The third Anglo-French war in North America, part of the European conflict known as the War of Austrian Succession.
Salutary Neglect- An agreement the King of England had with his colonies that said he agreed to let them trade with whoever they liked, if they promised to remain loyal to him and continue earning his country money.
John Woolman- Author of Considerations on the Keeping of Negroes, in which he urged readers to place themselves in the shoes of the slaves, in an attempt to slow down slavery.
War of Jenkins’ Ear- France, Spain, and Indians vs. British, Colonists, and Indians. The British had trade rights in Spanish America, but were smuggling goods in to get around tariffs.
Natchez Rebellion- A rebellion of the Natchez slaves and the New French slaves that killed 10 percent of the population of Louisiana.
Questions
Royal African Company- A company in London that provided slaves to the New World. They owned a slave trade monopoly.
Middle Passage- Voyage between West Africa and New World colonies.
Mulattoes- People of African and Indian heritage. Also considered property along with slaves and Indians.
Gullah and Geechee- Certain slaves from the South that retained their African cultures more than most other slaves.
Triangular Trade- A system of trade where goods were sent to Africa by European countries, slaves were sent to the Americas by the Africans, and raw materials were sent to European countries by colonists.
Slave Codes- A series of laws passed mainly in the southern colonies in the late 17th and early 18th centuries to defend the status of slaves and codify the denial of basic rights to them.
Chesapeake Rebellion of 1730- A rebellion of slaves that occurred in Virginia, but the slaves were defeated.
“Maroons”- Name for runaway slaves.
Mercantilism- Economic system whereby the government intervenes in the economy for the purpose of increasing national wealth. Encourages exporting more than what is imported.
Queen Anne’s War- American phase of the War of Spanish Succession. The British obtained Acadia, Newfoundland, and the Hudson Bay area from it.
Navigation Acts- English act requiring all colonial trade to be with Great Britain.
Creoles- Citizens who were of African descent but born in America.
King George’s War- The third Anglo-French war in North America, part of the European conflict known as the War of Austrian Succession.
Salutary Neglect- An agreement the King of England had with his colonies that said he agreed to let them trade with whoever they liked, if they promised to remain loyal to him and continue earning his country money.
John Woolman- Author of Considerations on the Keeping of Negroes, in which he urged readers to place themselves in the shoes of the slaves, in an attempt to slow down slavery.
War of Jenkins’ Ear- France, Spain, and Indians vs. British, Colonists, and Indians. The British had trade rights in Spanish America, but were smuggling goods in to get around tariffs.
Natchez Rebellion- A rebellion of the Natchez slaves and the New French slaves that killed 10 percent of the population of Louisiana.
Questions
- There was a great need for technology, the people were uneducated, and there was already slavery there. Europeans and Africans both participated in slavery.
- As the Industrial Revolution began, there was more need for labor, which could easily be obtained from slaves. Also, there were plantations in the New World that required much tending to, and slaves were the easiest way to do that.
- The shock of enslavement was so great because a person went from being free and having a loving family around them to, in a heartbeat, having no rights and having lost all of their family. They responded by attempting suicide, and believing they were soon to be eaten by cannibals.
- The Chesapeake was characterized by low tobacco profits, and therefore the slave owners looked out for the health of their slaves more than the owners of the Caribbean and Brazilian plantations. The Lower South was a slave area from the beginning. There were constantly large shipments of slaves pouring into the area to assist with the large tobacco plantations. Slavery in Spanish colonies existed, but was questioned by the church and royal government. However, when the sugar production in Cuba went up, the slave system was as brutal as ever. In French Louisiana, slave conditions sparked the Natchez Rebellion, which eliminated 10% of the population. The North’s slavery only existed in some places, whereas others did not have it. However, in port cities, it was more uncommon to not have slaves than to have slaves.
- African American culture was simply a common bond that all Africans created in America, regardless of their previous ethnicities. This process took place by slaves bonding and creating music, dance, and religion to suit the whole groups.
- Conflicts between the English and the French were usually to determine supremacy in the New World. Slavery played a role in these wards as soldiers targeted lands that could be used as a slave refuge, and tried to destroy them. The wars of the British and French were sometimes caused by small skirmishes or events that simply sparked something larger.
- Whites were usually the owners of the slaves in slave societies. However, with indentured servitude, whites did not always own slaves. Also with indentured servitude, it meant that not all whites were of the elite class, either.