Economics and Slavery

Developing the Continent

How? Pick a labor force. You need 100 workers to develop 20 square miles of land. Do the math. 100 European workers can develop 20 square miles of land/year. Each European worker demands a salary of 10.00/year. 500 Native Americans can develop 7 square miles of land/year. Native Americans need to be replaced monthly because this group does not survive once exposed to Europeans. 100 European indentured servants can develop 10 square miles of land/year. The requirement is passage to the New World. Each passage ticket is Each servant must be released after seven years. 1) How long and how much would it take to develop 40 square miles?

Indentured Servants

New Option A B C D African Cost Tribe A1.00 Tribe B2.00 Tribe C3.00 Tribe DFree 2) What tribe will you purchase from?

If D

Africans If you selected D you are now sick and suffer death. Europeans are not immune to African interior diseases. Pick another option from previous page. Go back to “pick a labor force” page. Add Africans to the list. Africans cost 1.00 and develop 25 square miles. Pick a labor force again.

3) Why would such a device be needed?

Permanent Involuntary Hereditary Servitude 4) What does the above phrase mean? 5) Pretend you are part of a local/state government dealing with the legal issue of African workers. Create a law that allows slavery. 6) Mulatto children are popping out everywhere. If Papa determines status in society then the Mulatto kids are not born slaves. Create a law that finds a loophole for this problem.

A Global Event 7) Conclusion

Transportation Slave capacity=500 Slaves sell for 3.00 in US African cost=1.00 (tribe A) Crew cost=20.00 Ship operation=10.00 Feeding slaves=.20/each 7) How many will you take over the Atlantic?

The journey from Africa to the New World takes 3 months. Consider the following: 8) If you decided to transport 500 slaves 300 will not survive. Determine profit here __________________________ If you decided to take… do not make the journey do not make the journey All survive Tight Packing-Using the full load capacity of a ship to transport Africans. Living conditions, food and natural selection kill of some of the cargo. Notice the word cargo. Loose Packing-Decision to take less African cargo but improving ship conditions resulting in less death.

50 Years Later 8) Female slaves are now in demand. Why? 9) Go back to “transportation” page. Females cost 5.00males cost 3.00 (inflation and tribes in Africa demand more payment). How many Africans will you transport?

Plantation Owner You have 100 slaves producing 30 pounds of cotton/day. Cotton will be sold to factories in the north. Northern factories are using the cotton to produce clothing. Do you remember the Loewell girls? 10) You need to produce 20,000 pounds/week. What will you do to achieve this goal? 100 slaves.50 to feed each slave daily operation cost Northern factories pay 25.00/1,000 pounds Northern factories will pay /21,000 pounds/week 11) Determine profit

Slave Breaking

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