Outline: Slavery in the Atlantic World

Outline 2: Slavery in the Atlantic World (keywords in CAPS)

Global slavery pre-1400
Aristotle
Athens/Rome/Africa
Christianity and slavery

Plantation labor in Spanish/Portuguese colonies
ENCOMIENDA SYSTEM
BARTOLOME DE LAS CASAS, 1474-1566

Why African slavery?
1453
justifications
philosophical/religious/pragmatic

Chronology
1440s: first Africans taken to Portugal
1518: Spanish ASIENTO
1621: Dutch West India Company
1672: ROYAL AFRICAN COMPANY

Impact
indigenous African societies: KONGO
“MIDDLE PASSAGE”
demographics
slave states vs. slave societies
slave ports: BRISTOL and LIVERPOOL