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VUS.3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Centralized empires like | Ghana, Mali, Songhai |
| Exchanged goods such as | Gold and salt |
| Societies were organized around | Extended family networks |
| Culture was heavily influenced by | Traditional spiritual beliefs and Islam |
| Demand for a large labor force led to | Growth of the Transatlantic Slave Trade |
| Ironworking, Metallurgy, Textile Production | Skills |
| European motiviation | Grew crops like sugarcane, tobacco and rice |
| European ships --> Africa --> Atlantic Ocean --> Americas | Middle Passage |
| African elites and chief participated in the trade by | Capturing and selling people to European traders |
| The Middle Passage was | Sea voyage that transported enslaved Africans from Africa to the Americas |
| Crammed into ship holds, minimal air, high heat, mean shackled and violence and sexual exploitation were common | Conditions of the Middle Passage |
| Mortality rates of the Middle Passage were | 10-20%, estimated 2 million of the 15 million died |
| How did the slaves resist | Hunger strikes, Shipboard revolts, Suicide |
| Europeans who worked for a fixed period | Indentured Servants |
| Considered humans as legal property, hereditary and enslaved people had no legal rights | Chattel slavery |
| A child's slave status would follow that of the mother | 1661 Virginia Slave Code |
| Converting to Christianity did not grant freedom, slavery was based on race rather than religion | 1667 Virginia Slave Code |
| Stripping enslaved people of all legal protections, legalizing the killing of an enslaved person during "correction" | 1705 Virginia Slave Code |
| Faking illness, working slowly, damaging tools | "Passive" Resistance |
| Theft, Arson, Sabotage, To inflict economic damage on enslavers | "Overt" Resistance |