Chapter 1 Slavery

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Slavery

Learning goals

• Students understand the concept of slavery.
• Students can give multiple examples of slavery throughout history.
• Students understand why the slave trade of the WIC was different as slavery seen before.

Antiquity

Slaves

• Slavery was very normal in Roman society. 
• You could become slave because your land was conquered by the Romans
• Or because your parents were slaves.
• There were many slaves in Rome
• Of the million citizens, about 400.000(!) were slaves

Two young slaves. The left one is carrying water and towels. The right one a basket with flowers.

Middle Ages 

Feudalism and the Manorial system

VOC and WIC

Triangular trade

• Slaves
  
• Plantation crops (sugar, cotton and tobacco)
  
• Manufactured goods
  

Working on your own

• Read chapter 1 up to 'Dutch slave trade'.
• Note down for each sub-paragraph the most important part.
• Done?
• Make exercises 1 up to 6.

Life in slavery

What would life in slavery be like?

Fleeing and revolts

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.

Tula is a national hero in Curaçao. Monuments have been erected to him. A film has been made about him and a book written.

De link verwijst naar de trailer van de film Tula the revolt en duurt ca 2 minuten, de film is Engelstalig met Nederlandse ondertiteling.

De symboliek van het monument: het losmaken van de boeien van mensen in slavernij.

Opdracht

Alles wat we weten van Tula komt uit de rechterlijke archieven, dat betreft nog geen 7 weken van zijn leven.  
Hoe zou zijn leven er uitgezien kunnen hebben? Wat voor persoon was hij? Maak een beschrijving van zijn leven voor in je lesboek of een necrologie voor in de krant. 

  

Life as slaves in America

 In South America it was common for a slave to receive some kind of small reward, which could eventually be used to buy their freedom. In North America this practice was not used and slaves had no hope of buying their own freedom.

 

source B

Slave Auction, United States. From the book by Henry Bibb, "Narrative of the life and adventures of Henry Bibb, an American slave", written by himself (New York, 1849), p. 201.

Working on your own

Mark all important sentences of the rest of chapter 1
Make questions 1 up to 12 of chapter 1