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| 8094832709 | Forced Migration | A term that refers to the forced movement of a group of people from their country to another. Examples: The Middle Passage, The deportations in the Holocaust. | 0 | |
| 8094933674 | Voluntary Migration | A term that refers to the voluntary movement of someone from their country to another. | 1 | |
| 8094949426 | Atlantic Slave Trade | Forced migration of 15 million Africans to the New World Slavery existed in Africa since ancient times (slaves=basis of wealth, not land) Europeans entered an established slave trade Triangular trade (European firearms to Africa, traded for slaves, slaves brought to Americas, American products back to Europe) | 2 | |
| 8094962161 | Effects of Slavery on Africa | Population loss Change in male-female ratios Firearms led to more conflict in Africa African slaves were forced into a diaspora African states expanded their power (European guns) pushed into the interior of Africa to capture more slaves Asante and Dahomey were powerful slaving states | 3 | |
| 8095005829 | Cultural Diffusion in the Americas | African culture and language (creole) African music, dress, culture blended with Spanish and Native American in the Americas (i.e. Jazz) New creole dishes (i.e. gumbo made from okra) Syncretism- Africans were Christianized- blended with African deities, drums, animal sacrifices, magic, spiritual possession | 4 | |
| 8095009225 | Slavery Time Line | 1787- Foundation of the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade 1790s-1800s- France, The Netherlands, and Denmark outlawed slavery 1834- Great Britain banned slavery throughout its empire 1865- Slavery declared illegal in the United States | 5 | |
| 8095010117 | Encomienda System | A grant of authority over a population of Amerindians in the Spanish colonies. It provided the grant holder with a supply of cheap labor and periodic payments of goods by the Amerindians. It obliged the grant holder to Christianize the Amerindians. Christian missionaries requested help from the Spanish crown to improve conditions for Native Americans Encomienda system changed into repartamiento- paid a small salary to Indian laborers (1542) Mita system got thousands of natives to work in silver mines (Potosi) African slaves were brought in as a source of labor Both Native Americans and Africans were at the bottom of society, neither had significant rights | 6 | |
| 8095014316 | Serf | Serf is derived from the Latin servus, meaning slave Even though a serf was technically free, he was really dependent on landowners and in a state of servitude 1649- Act proclaimed that Russians born into serfdom would remain serfs Unlike slavery, serfs were bound to the land only Serfs were not racially different from the rest of the population in Russia In theory landowners were obliged to take care of serfs The status of serfdom was hereditary Serfs were chained, beaten, disgraced, separated from family, and overworked. Many died young. Serfs needed their landlord's permission to leave or to get educated | 7 | |
| 8095016397 | What made life hard for Serfs? | Russian landlords demanded an exorbitant amount of crops from serfs and kept the serfs in a state of debt Serfs owed labor service to landlords-agriculture, mining, manufacturing Legally landowners had to take care of serfs Even though cruelty against serfs was illegal, it happened anyway. Few landlords were punished for this. | 8 | |
| 8095028223 | Problems after outlawing serfdom | Freed serfs were actually still indebted to their former landlords There were many lands (especially those containing firewood) that were accessible to peasants for a fee Peasants could get an allocation of land but would have to pay the government (which fronted most of the money to the landlord) over 49 years with interest (this was cancelled in 1907) | 9 |
