PDF-(READ)-Maroon Societies: Rebel Slave Communities in the Americas

Now in its twentyfifth anniversary edition Maroon Societies is a systematic study of the communities formed by escaped slaves in the Caribbean Latin America and the United States These societies ranged from small bands that survived less than a year to powerful states encompassing thousands of members and surviving for generations and even centuries The volume includes eyewitness accounts written by escaped slaves and their pursuers as well as modern historical and anthropological studies of the maroon experience From the recipient of the JI Staley Prize in Anthropology. The Trans-Atlantic. Slave Trade. Trans-Atlantic Slave Destinations. The Slave Trade. Existed in Africa before the coming of the Europeans.. Portuguese replaced European slaves with Africans.. Sugar cane & sugar plantations.. I. Slave Rebellions & Escapes. A. African Slaves would frequently rebel and/or escape from slavery. B. Escapes came in the form of: . 1. Slave ship mutiny (ex. Amistad). 2. Slave ship wreck (ex. Ecuador). (Continued). 03/10/13. Islamic Slave Trade? A misnomer?. If transatlantic trade has not been called “Christian slave trade”, then it would be more appropriate to use . Arab/. P. ersian slave trade . Warm-Up (IN Page 29 TOP). Write down everything you know about slavery or the slave trade. . (Make sure to use COMPLETE SENTENCES). Based on our discussions, what was slavery like in Spanish-controlled America?. in Labor Patterns. 1450-1750. The Effect of Linked Economies. Why the Shift? . For the first time in history, labor patterns shifted in one place due to pressure from another . place. Reorganization of world into places which produced raw materials and those which produced manufactured goods. 492.829 . Census Bureau 2005. Maroon. Creole. Hindoestaan (Indian). Javanese(Indonesian). Mixed. Others. Unknown. 72.553 (‘72 -35.838). 87.202 (’72-119.009). 135.117(’72-142.917). 71.879 (’72- 57.688). in Labor Patterns. 1450-1750. The Effect of Linked Economies. Why the Shift? . For the first time in history, labor patterns shifted in one place due to pressure from another . place. Reorganization of world into places which produced raw materials and those which produced manufactured goods. Credit given to: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston . Publishing for portions of this presentation. Reading Focus. Where did the Atlantic slave trade originate?. How did slavery evolve in the American colonies?. Definition. “The term Columbian Exchange refers to the transfer of peoples, animals, plants, and diseases between the New and Old Worlds. The European invasion and settlement of the Western Hemisphere opened a long era of biological and technological transfers that altered American environments.” (Bulliet, p. 478). AP World History Notes: Chapter 15. The Atlantic Slave Trade. Lasted from about 1500 to 1866. About 12.5 million Africans taken from their societies. About 10.7 million made it to the Americas. About 1.8 million (14.4%) died during the transatlantic crossing. Source: Mastering the TEKs in World History. Jarrett, Zimmer, Killoran. . They couldn’t just find directions on Google Maps…. The goods introduced to Europe during the crusades and the writings of Marco Polo had increased European interest in trade with Asia. . “I have observed this in my experience of slavery, that whenever my condition was improved, instead of increasing my contentment, it only increased my desire to be free, and set me to thinking of plans to gain my freedom. I have found that, to make a contented slave, it is necessary to make a thoughtless one.”. Chapter 6. I. Early Societies of . MesoAmerica. Major Pre-Columbian Civilizations. Early Mesoamerican societies . 1200 BCE – 1100 CE. The . Olmecs. 1. Early Agriculture in Mesoamerica . 8000-7000bce. 1415-1796. Is this the Age of Exploration…or the Age of Invasion . Voyages to . Discovery. What caused the Age of . Exploration?. Renaissance. . = spirit of . discovery. Search . for . wealth. People .