With slaves from a different country with a different culture, language, and of a different color, brought mixing and clashing of people. African American slaves for one being slaves and two being a different pigment from the "white man" made them different and alienated from the rest of society. Resulting in what we know as racism and inequality. Slavery influenced many economic breakthroughs during this time. With the production of sugar, coffee, tobacco, and cotton brought more money. This money came from the world wide trade between Europe and the Americas. Most of these were located on the costal regions of the continent. All progress is a result of slavery. Sugar enters Europe, introduction to a new flavor brought a new sweetness and new possibilities for the cuisine and life style of the western wealthy and middle class. Using sugar to sweeten up other foods. This applied to coffee, chocolate and tea. But like other popular products as the production went up the prices went down. The sugar plantations were set up like this: The owners lived in a :"Great House" above ther fields and housing overlooking their workers. Slaves were housed right outside the fields. The Aquaducts were located fairly close as well to power machinery. slaves endured a very difficult experience and were more often then not forcibly brought to the New World. This forced mass migration was the largest in human history. Their horrific traveling circumstances consisted of extremely cramped living spaces, disgusting food, and unrestrained disease, which led to the death of numerous Africans that never made it to this New World. Owners preferred native born, older slaves(accustomed), and younger in age slaves(easier to adapt). New slaves under went seasoning: disciplined, new names, new skills, new languages. Some trained in apprenticeship with older slaves. Slaves in Portuguese area had fewest legal protections. Spanish church protected Native more than Africans. Law allowed corporal punishment, forbid slaves to gather, and didn't recognize slave marriages. Hard agricultural labor, poor diet, and inadequate housing. Families could be separated. Africans and Natives eventually converted to Christians, Spain, France, Portuguese to Catholic, and English to Protestant. They preached to slaves a natural social hierarchy. African religion
With slaves from a different country with a different culture, language, and of a different color, brought mixing and clashing of people. African American slaves for one being slaves and two being a different pigment from the "white man" made them different and alienated from the rest of society. Resulting in what we know as racism and inequality. Slavery influenced many economic breakthroughs during this time. With the production of sugar, coffee, tobacco, and cotton brought more money. This money came from the world wide trade between Europe and the Americas. Most of these were located on the costal regions of the continent. All progress is a result of slavery. Sugar enters Europe, introduction to a new flavor brought a new sweetness and new possibilities for the cuisine and life style of the western wealthy and middle class. Using sugar to sweeten up other foods. This applied to coffee, chocolate and tea. But like other popular products as the production went up the prices went down. The sugar plantations were set up like this: The owners lived in a :"Great House" above ther fields and housing overlooking their workers. Slaves were housed right outside the fields. The Aquaducts were located fairly close as well to power machinery. slaves endured a very difficult experience and were more often then not forcibly brought to the New World. This forced mass migration was the largest in human history. Their horrific traveling circumstances consisted of extremely cramped living spaces, disgusting food, and unrestrained disease, which led to the death of numerous Africans that never made it to this New World. Owners preferred native born, older slaves(accustomed), and younger in age slaves(easier to adapt). New slaves under went seasoning: disciplined, new names, new skills, new languages. Some trained in apprenticeship with older slaves. Slaves in Portuguese area had fewest legal protections. Spanish church protected Native more than Africans. Law allowed corporal punishment, forbid slaves to gather, and didn't recognize slave marriages. Hard agricultural labor, poor diet, and inadequate housing. Families could be separated. Africans and Natives eventually converted to Christians, Spain, France, Portuguese to Catholic, and English to Protestant. They preached to slaves a natural social hierarchy. African religion