Why Is Slavery Important In Brazil?
Slavery is by definition the condition in which one person is owned by another and is under the “master’s” control. Its origin can be found in almost all great civilizations, going from the Roman Empire to the Great Egypt. Over time, it had gained a different aspect when Arabs started trading them as merchandise in northern and eastern Africa through the Sahara desert. Following those movements of slavery, Europe also in search of resources for his mercantile economy seeks to export those slaves and bring them to the Americas and some parts of Europe such as Spain or Portugal. After centuries of the Atlantic trade, slavery has been considered as “an institution of investment”. Its impact is huge and the consequences are felt through and through.
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By creating relationships with the internal kingdoms, that period made slavery become legal and the following circumstances will just reinforce their monopoly. Slaves were sent little by little to satisfy tasks. Years after, explorers started expanding their presence across the West Coast goes from Senegambia to Ghana. All of these factors shaped slavery and made the discovery of the Brazilian colony a major point to this transatlantic …show more content…
It becomes a triangular commerce between three continents: Europe, Africa and America. Europe was in constant search of raw materials and other resources to satisfy its growing population demand. America, by that time, had a huge potential of market supply because of its exploitable landmass. Europeans came to Africa, deported slaves to the American plantations and brought back the manufactured products into their countries. The number of slaves amazingly increased in the centuries after America’s discovery. Indeed, Amerindians used to work in those plantations, but the traders came to realize that Black Africans constitute a stronger when it comes to those tasks. Moreover, the 18th century was the apogee of the slave trade. As the narrators stated: “Over 54 percent during 1450 and 1900 was exported in only one century” (Robert O’Collins and James Burns217). We can then conclude that America’s discovery shifted the transatlantic slave trade and made it a globalized commerce where most of the world regions were
By creating relationships with the internal kingdoms, that period made slavery become legal and the following circumstances will just reinforce their monopoly. Slaves were sent little by little to satisfy tasks. Years after, explorers started expanding their presence across the West Coast goes from Senegambia to Ghana. All of these factors shaped slavery and made the discovery of the Brazilian colony a major point to this transatlantic …show more content…
It becomes a triangular commerce between three continents: Europe, Africa and America. Europe was in constant search of raw materials and other resources to satisfy its growing population demand. America, by that time, had a huge potential of market supply because of its exploitable landmass. Europeans came to Africa, deported slaves to the American plantations and brought back the manufactured products into their countries. The number of slaves amazingly increased in the centuries after America’s discovery. Indeed, Amerindians used to work in those plantations, but the traders came to realize that Black Africans constitute a stronger when it comes to those tasks. Moreover, the 18th century was the apogee of the slave trade. As the narrators stated: “Over 54 percent during 1450 and 1900 was exported in only one century” (Robert O’Collins and James Burns217). We can then conclude that America’s discovery shifted the transatlantic slave trade and made it a globalized commerce where most of the world regions were