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AST - Slave Life (Previous African Slavery (Slavery wasn’t new to Africa -…
AST - Slave Life
Previous African Slavery
Slavery wasn’t new to Africa - since Egyptian, Greek and Roman times (not the same slavery as in the Caribbean)
Slavery was sometimes used as a punishment for a crime, as well as POW’s were enslaved rather than being killed
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Most slaves were POWs, but now raiding parties were used to feed demand
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Slave Factories
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The enslaved might be imprisoned for several months, waiting to be put on slave ships
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Estimated that in the 1770’s, 45% of enslaved Africans died waiting for ships
Slave Punishments
Whipping was the most common, either one off or once a month for the whole year
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All punishments endure fear, which prevents rebellion and made you work
Selling of Slaves
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Listed by age, sex, numbers and where they were from
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Shaved, washed and oiled to make them look healthy
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Scramble auction - set price, run and grab your slave
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The Middle Passage
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Conditions on board
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Latrine buckets were too small, emptied only once a day, and were placed in bad positions
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Every slave was dis-oriented, no idea where they were going
They spelt, urinated, dedicated, gave birth, went insane and died all in the same position
Hot, stuffy, terrible smell
Daily Routine
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On deck they would clean, exercise (through dancing) and be inspected
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Disease
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Would spread quickly around the ship, even worse when bad weather occurred and the slaves were kept below deck
eg. dysentyr, dropsy, scarlet fever and smallpox
Crew
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Only the most desperate, ignorant or those need of paying off debt signed up
Deaths were high, as catching disease was easy
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Captured In Africa
The African middlemen acquired slaves many miles from the coast, could’ve been criminals or kidnapped
This meant selling on to Europeans meant along hard journey on foot, where slaves were barefoot and bound together at the neck
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At first, Europeans would go ashore to kidnap as many Africans they could find
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