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Atlantic Slave Trade - Coggle Diagram
Atlantic Slave Trade
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Two types of slaves
House slave
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Did cooking, cleaning, serving meals and taking care of the children
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Field slave
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Pregnant women also worked the same hours, and would only have a break when their child was born
Colorism / Shadism
Slavery created a system of racial hierarchy and race-based ideology, which lead to a structure of oppression.
Slaves with a lighter complexion would be treated better, and African-Americans with partial white heritage were given way more opportunities
A device used by Europeans in order to create a division between Africans and further the idea that being as close to white as possible was the ideal image
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"Giving stinging blows to all who, worn out by fatigue, were compelled to take rest"