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World History: The Earth and its Peoples

World History: The Earth and its Peoples. Chapter 18 The Atlantic System and Africa, 1550-1800. Objectives. Describe and give concrete illustrations of the effects of the Atlantic system on African, European, and American societies and their environments.

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World History: The Earth and its Peoples

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  1. World History:The Earth and its Peoples Chapter 18 The Atlantic System and Africa, 1550-1800

  2. Objectives • Describe and give concrete illustrations of the effects of the Atlantic system on African, European, and American societies and their environments. • Understand the relationship between the spread of sugar plantations and the growth of the slave trade. • Be able to describe capitalism and mercantilism and explain their roles in the development of the Atlantic system. • Be able to compare and account for the different roles and influence of the West and Islam in sub-Saharan Africa between about 1550-1800.

  3. Atlantic System West Indies • 1500 - Sugar-cane intro • 1600 - tobacco • European markets • chartered companies • free passage • 1650 crisis • Dutch West Indies Company • 1621 • private trading co. • dividends • Brazilian sugar • slavery • 1654 • West Indies alliance

  4. Atlantic System Slavery • 16th century rise • West Indies land values • rising sugar prices • 7 versus 3-4 Plantation Life • cultivation • factory • crushing / processing • farm • byproducts • molasses and rum • soil exhaustion / deforestation • demographic effects • plant / animals • Arawak / Carib

  5. Atlantic System

  6. Atlantic System Slaves - 18th Century • 90% island pop. • 2-1 male • 23 - male; 25.5 - female • ‘seasoning’ - 1/3 mortality • plantocracy • few rich landowners • social stratification • castes • 70% field • women • tradesmen • ‘driver’ • male slave • ensure hard work

  7. Atlantic System Atlantic Economy - 1760-1800 • sugar / slave ships Reasons for success • private enterprise • capitalism • banks • trading companies • stock exchanges • Amsterdam • insurance • mercantilism • precious metal accumulation • competition • Navigation Acts of 1660s • most profitable

  8. Atlantic System Great (Atlantic) Circuit • Europe, Africa, Americas • 1st leg • metal bars, guns, textiles • 2nd leg • gold, timber, slaves • 1500-1650: 800k • 1650-1800: 7.5m • 1 in 6 • disease • execution / abuse • suicide • 3rd leg • plantation goods

  9. Atlantic System

  10. Africa, Atlantic, and Islam Africa’s Slave Trade • 1650-1800 • textiles and guns • tobacco and rum • Africa’s strong position • ^ slaves, ^ price • local customs • European competition • Gold Coast / Slave Coast Comp. • Dahomey • Asante and Oyo • war captives

  11. Africa, Atlantic, and Islam Bight of Biafra - 18th Century • densely populated • no strong kingdoms • merchants • kidnapping • fairs Angola • Portuguese control • prisoners of war / drought • byproduct 1) European / African elite alliance 2) European over African wealth

  12. Africa, Atlantic, and Islam Muslim Territorial Dominance • N. Africa • Ottoman Empire • Morocco • slavery • 1600-1800: 1.7m • Sahara • Indian Ocean • women • servants and concubines • population recovery • children • harem guards • Muslim

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