4.1 Colonial slavery

• History
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Africans were taken by europeans across the Atlantic Ocean. This is called the transatlantic slave trade.

The las casas is a man who was against Columbus and stopped slavery.

4.1 Colonial slavery

Keti Koti 

Keti Koti is Surinam For 'Break the chains'. 

Remembrance day for the abolition of slavery and to celebrate freedom.......Should it become a national celebration day??

Triangular Trade

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Trade between European countries, West-African tribes and European colonies in the Americas

Each segment of the triangle had specific "goods"

The segment between Africa and America is called the Transatlantic slave trade

Slavery on plantations

Plantation owners bought slaves at auctions.

Life at the plantation

• Families were separated
• Lived the rest of their lives on the plantation
• Punishments for fleeing and not working hard enough.

Slavery

Slaves tried to resist:

• By destroying the harvest.
• Keeping old customs and traditions, language and religion (culture)
• Sometimes there were succesful escapes or uprisings.

Uprisings were almost always crushed with violence.

Slave trade

African slave traders brought slaves to the European trading posts on the West coast (for example fort Elmina).

Slaves were transported by ship to auctions in America.  

Slave ships (1 in 8 slaves died):

• crowded
• poor hygiene
• bad food
• slaves were chained

The transport of the slave

Middle passage -

Mortality rates of 22.5% -

Not that profitable -

All over the America's -

Suriname

The Dutch gained Suriname (now the modern republic of Suriname in South America) in the treaty that ended the second Anglo-Dutch War in 1667. 

Planters there grew mostly coffee, sugar and cocoa. The colony was never a great success, partly because the jungle offered runaway slaves a good hiding place. The runaways (called 'maroons') set up their own communities, 

co-existing with the local people. 

Maroons

Maroons often attacked plantations, to free slaves. Slaves were encouraged to run away, and revolt, by just knowing that the maroons existed. The planters of Surinam were especially harsh in their punishments. This made slaves more likely to want to run away. 

There were regular revolts from 1715 to 1763. During the worst of the revolts in 1763, the planters freed some slaves to set up an army to fight the maroons.

Time to work:

- Read par 4.1

- Make par 4,1

Keti Koti 

Remembrance Day for the abolition of slavery honors the fight for freedom and human dignity. Do you think it should become a national celebration day? Use historical arguments from your lesson on colonial slavery to support your opinion. Consider the impact of slavery and the importance of remembering this history. (use approx 50 words)