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Spain and Portugal
During th 1600's Brazil was in control of the European sugr market. But, as the colonies sugar industry grew, so did the European colonists demand for cheap labor. By 1650, almost 300,000 Africans labored throughout Spanish America on plantations and in gold/silver mines. -
Slavery in South Carolina
In 1720, Africans made up the majority of the population in South Carolina and 80% were in the rice growing areas. They usually lived in Quarters of 50 and more. The conditions for slaves in South Carolina was worse than the conditions in the Chsapeake. -
Slavery in the Chesapeake
By 1720, 20% o the Chesapeake population was of African ancestry. The living conditions in the Chesapeake were less servere than the West Indies. Epidemic diseases did not spread as much because the quarters were more spread apart. -
Stono Rebellion
In 1738, over 100 South Carolina slaves had escaped to Spanish Florida and formed a free black militia and they were hoping to lure more of those who had escaped to join them. When war broke out and they heard, about 100 Africans killed a number of Euro-Americans in revolt. -
The Stono Rebellion of 1739
The largest slave uprising in the British North American colonies was the Stono Rebellion in South Carolina. 61% of the population in Souh Carolina were slaves. The number of slaves imported had reached an all-time high as well. -
Marching in Charleston for Liberty
Since there was so much going on related to fighting for independence like Thomas Paine’s Common Sense, African Americans were starting in on it to. In January of 1766, slaves marched through Charleston, South Carolina shouting, “Liberty!” -
Boston Massacre
In 1770, the British troops had fired into a crowd of angry people and killed five Bostonians. One of those 5 that had been killed was a black sailor known as Crispus Attucks and later on became a martyr to the Patriot cause. This event was known as the Boston Massacre. -
Declaration of Independence
The Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, 1776. When Thomas Jefferson wrote, “that all men are created equal..” he was not referring to African American’s freedom. -
Escaping Slaves from 1770-1790
From 1770 to 1790 during the revolutionary era many slaves had escaped. Because of this, the percentage of black people living in South Carolina dropped from 60.5% to 43.8% and in Georgia from 45.2% to 36.9%. -
Slavery Spreads to Americas
In 1807 England abolished slave trade. By the time slave trade ended the English had tranported 1.7 million Africans. -
Slavery Spreads to the Americas
Europeans established colonies in the Ameicas and their deand for cheap labor grew. By 1830, nearly 2 million Africans were sold to the British in North America. -
The Demand for Africans
By the end of the Slave Trade in 1870, 9.5 million Africans were imported to the Americas. Europeans saw advantages in using Africans in the Americas because they had already been exposed to European diseases and built up their immune system.
