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Institutions that establish profit…need for slavery SLAVERY (PART ONE) Institutions that establish profit…need for slavery The cash crop of Tobacco Tobacco consumption became popular in England in the early 1600s. Production in the West Indies was stimulated by two new developments: The formation of chartered companies Availability of cheap labor in the form of indentured servants.

Institutions that establish profit…need for slavery SLAVERY (PART ONE) Institutions that establish profit…need for slavery The transition to sugar: Dutch sugar planters brought the Brazilian sugar-producing system to the French and English Caribbean Islands. Slaves were brought from Elmina and Luanda, to Brazil and the West Indies.

Institutions that establish profit…need for slavery SLAVERY (PART ONE) Institutions that establish profit…need for slavery Between 1640 and the 1680s, colonies like Guadeloupe, Martinique, and Barbados made the transition from a tobacco economy to a sugar economy. The demand for labor caused a sharp and significant increase in the volume of the Atlantic slave trade.

Where were slaves brought? SLAVERY (PART ONE) Where were slaves brought?

Indentured Servants vs. Slaves (Economics) SLAVERY (PART ONE) Indentured Servants vs. Slaves (Economics) Slaves become the chosen labor force: Decline in the number of Europeans willing to indenture themselves to the West Indies Life expectancy of a slave after landing was longer than the term of the typical contract of indenture The rise in sugar prices that made planters more able to invest in slaves.

SLAVERY (PART ONE) What did slaves do? Plantation system: Slaves were organized into “gangs” for fieldwork, while those male slaves not doing fieldwork were engaged in specialized tasks. Slaves were rewarded for good work and punished harshly for failure to meet their production quotas or for any form of resistance.

SLAVERY (PART ONE) What did slaves do? Plantation system: Disease, harsh working conditions, and dangerous mill machinery all contributed to the short life expectancy of slaves in the Caribbean. The high mortality rate added to the volume of the Atlantic slave trade…

SLAVERY (PART ONE) What did slaves do?

SLAVERY (PART ONE) Freedom from Slavery Running Away (Maroons) Slaves frequently ran away and occasionally staged violent rebellions such as that led by a slave named Tacky in Jamaica in 1760. European planters sought to prevent rebellions by curtailing African cultural traditions, religions, and languages.

SLAVERY (PART ONE) Freedom from Slavery Manumission Granting slaves freedom after some amount of time: Some slaves “purchased” their own freedom Female slaves that had children with wealthy planters often times won freedom for themselves and their offspring…