- some resisted by trying to keep their traditions alive.
- some turned to religion for strength and hope for a better life.
- some fought by slowing their work and destroying equipments.
Atlantic Ocean
No. Slave trade has been going on for thousands of years. The Greeks and Romans bought and sold slaves and for every war they took slaves. The Spanish in the Southwest used Native Americans as slaves. Columbus on his 2 nd voyage took 1200 Native Americans as slaves, but at one point in the American colonies slaves could escape to Florida and the Spanish to find freedom. They could own businesses, go to school, buy property.
Manumission is the act of a slave owner freeing their slaves.
Much debated societal impact of the early atlantic slave trade and the role of slavery. from 1486 to 1493 the almoxarife of the slave house received 475 slaves
Slaves where set free for good service or if their master gave them permission. Slaves could also buy their freedom but this was a virtually impossible task, as they did not earn money.
slaves hence the name Atlantic SLAVE trade
In West African cultures, slaves were allowed to own slaves of their own, while those in the Atlantic slave trade were not.
In West African cultures, slaves were allowed to own slaves of their own, while those in the Atlantic slave trade were not.
In West African cultures, slaves were allowed to own slaves of their own, while those in the Atlantic slave trade were not.
Freedom to an ex-slave was like something in the past. Freedom was something that was rewarded to a slave. Whether this slave ran away or was set free by its master, freedom was the most important thing to a slave.
The Atlantic slave trade took place across the Atlantic ocean. Slaves were sold to labor in things like - coffee, gold, cotton, cocoa, silver, rice fields and to be house slaves.
In West African cultures slaves were treated like people, while in the Atlantic slave trade they were treated like property.
In West African cultures slaves were treated like people, while in the Atlantic slave trade they were treated like property.
In West African cultures slaves were treated like people, while in the Atlantic slave trade they were treated like property.
Former slave owners or others who were involved in the slave trade would often provide slaves with an opportunity to buy their freedom through the practice of manumission. Slaveholders might allow slaves to purchase their freedom in exchange for money or labor, granting them legal freedom from bondage.
Atlantic Ocean
because when the atlantic slave trade was around anerica needed slaves to help with work