Chapter 20 Course Notes
Chapter 20
Africa and the Africans in the Age of the Atlantic Slave Trade
I. Introduction A. Mahommah Gardo Baquaqua – symbol of slavery 1. Muslim trader > African slavery > African slave trade > Missionary B. Impact of outsiders on Africa 1. Islam first, then African developed at own pace, West had big impact C. Influence of Europe 1. Path of Africa becomes linked to European world economy 2. Diaspora – mass exodus of people leaving homeland 3. Slave trade dominated interactions 4. Not all of Africa affected to the same degree D. Effects of global interactions 1. Forced movement of Africans improved Western economies 2. Transfer of African culture > adapted to create new culture 3. Most of African still remained politically independent E. Trends 1. Islam increased position in East 2. Christianity stayed in Ethiopia 3. Growth of African kingdoms
II. The Atlantic Slave Trade A. Introduction 1. Portuguese voyagers 1. Set up forts – fairly low scale – not huge impact initially 2. Traders 1. Ivory, pepper, animal skins gold for slaves initially 2. Mulattos and Portuguese gradually spread inland 3. Commerce leads to political, social, religious relations 1. Impressed by power of many interior kingdoms – Benin 2. Attempts at Christian conversion a. Kongo most successful – king and kingdom converted b. Ambassadors/exchange of ideas c. Oddly, relationship ends when Kongo people get enslaved 4. First contact – preconceptions, appreciation, curiosity 1. Portuguese looked strange, some tribes started portraying them artistically 5. Portuguese exploration 1. Set up Portuguese settlements on the West coast 2. Goal primarily commercial/military, but also missionary 6. Patterns of contact – shared ideas 1. fortified trading stations 2. combination of force and diplomacy 3. alliances with local rulers 4. predominance of commercial relations - $
Africa and the Africans in the Age of the Atlantic Slave Trade
I. Introduction A. Mahommah Gardo Baquaqua – symbol of slavery 1. Muslim trader > African slavery > African slave trade > Missionary B. Impact of outsiders on Africa 1. Islam first, then African developed at own pace, West had big impact C. Influence of Europe 1. Path of Africa becomes linked to European world economy 2. Diaspora – mass exodus of people leaving homeland 3. Slave trade dominated interactions 4. Not all of Africa affected to the same degree D. Effects of global interactions 1. Forced movement of Africans improved Western economies 2. Transfer of African culture > adapted to create new culture 3. Most of African still remained politically independent E. Trends 1. Islam increased position in East 2. Christianity stayed in Ethiopia 3. Growth of African kingdoms
II. The Atlantic Slave Trade A. Introduction 1. Portuguese voyagers 1. Set up forts – fairly low scale – not huge impact initially 2. Traders 1. Ivory, pepper, animal skins gold for slaves initially 2. Mulattos and Portuguese gradually spread inland 3. Commerce leads to political, social, religious relations 1. Impressed by power of many interior kingdoms – Benin 2. Attempts at Christian conversion a. Kongo most successful – king and kingdom converted b. Ambassadors/exchange of ideas c. Oddly, relationship ends when Kongo people get enslaved 4. First contact – preconceptions, appreciation, curiosity 1. Portuguese looked strange, some tribes started portraying them artistically 5. Portuguese exploration 1. Set up Portuguese settlements on the West coast 2. Goal primarily commercial/military, but also missionary 6. Patterns of contact – shared ideas 1. fortified trading stations 2. combination of force and diplomacy 3. alliances with local rulers 4. predominance of commercial relations - $