1. The Atlantic System
and Africa

2. The Caribbean Economy
European interest in Caribbean revived after 1600
-Chartered companies
-Indentured servitude
As competition from VA increased, Caribbean tobacco profits declined
Sugar provided an alternative

3. Dutch capital and know-how transformed Caribbean economy after 1650
High land values caused indentured servants to go to mainland
Sugar and slaves were now bases of trade and wealth in Caribbean, Brazil
High capital demands meant consolidation of large plantations

4. Caribbean Society Majority slaves on most islands
Minority white, wealthy planter class
High slave mortality rate
Revolts common, but unsuccessful
Some free blacks or “maroons”

5. Blue Mountains, Jamaica

6. The Atlantic Economy
Transition from royal monopolies (Port., Sp.-16th c.) to mercantilist capitalism (Dutch, British-17th c.)
Growth of “Triangle Trades”
Most infamous leg-Middle Passage

8. Cutaway of two of the four decks of a slave ship

9. Cross-Section of a Transatlantic Slave Ship