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slavery__capialism.pptxAfrican contributions to the rise of Industrialization
Walter Rodney in How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
History 015
Walter Rodney
Slave labor
“There is nothing which contributes more to the development of the colonies and the cultivation of their soils than the labor of the Negroes”
King Louis XIV 8/26/1670
King Louis XIV
David Hume
On the “Negro.”
. . .”there scarcely ever was a civilized nation of that complexion . . . 1754
David Hume
Thomas Jefferson
In Notes on Virginia, 1781
The Negro is incapable of any thought above the level of plain narration without even an elementary trait of painting or sculpture. . .”no poetry . . .
East African Oral Tradition
While Swahili could be written in Arabic, and there were stories of many of the Swahili states written in Arabic—They remained primarily an oral society
Oral poetry was the most important form of communication for Swahili, but there were written stories of many of the Swahili states—written in Arabic/Swahili—poetry “wars”
Luba headrest 1800’s Central Africa
Yoruba Bronze Head-West Africa 1400
Igbo Mask West Africa 1700
Kinte Cloth—West Africa
Benin Art—West Africa 1490’s
Nok Terracotta-West Africa around 500 BCE
Thomas Jefferson
Sally Hemmings
The Trade in Slaves
1560’s John Hawkins made 3 trips to West Africa and captured slaves—He was funded by Queen Elizabeth I. She gave him a ship named “Jesus.” He returned to England with such dividends that Queen Elizabeth made him a knight.
Queen Elizabeth I
John Hawkins
The Trade in Slaves
David and Alexander Barclay made a great deal of money in the slave trade in the 1750’s.
Used their profit to start Barclay’s Bank
Barclays Bank
Barclays Bank
Barclay’s Bank in Africa
Barclay’s Bank in Kenya
The Trade in Slaves
A small coffee house named Lloyd’s began to participate in the slave trade—with that profit became Lloyd’s of London.
Lloyds of London
Lloyds of London
The Trade in Slaves
Profit in slave trade
Selling of the slaves in the Americas
Providing food for slaves since slaves did not have time to grow their own food.
Other supplies for maintaining slaves—tools, cheap clothing, cheap housing
The Trade in Slaves
In Africa created new markets for goods.
Rum, cheap cloth
Especially weapons out of date in Europe
Slave Labor
James Watt, the inventor of the steam engine, was funded by West Indies slave owners.
James Watt
Steam engine
Sugar Plantation
Sugar Plantation
SLAVE LABOR
1. The profit made from sugar created the basis for industrialization
Funded Steam engine—basis for the industrial revolution.
SLAVE REVOLTS
1733 ST JOHNS
1733 JAMAICA
1733 ANTIGUA
1737 GUADELOUPE
1746 JAMAICA
1752 MARTINIQUE
1760 JAMAICA
1761 NEVIS
1763 SURINAM
SLAVE REVOLT
1765 JAMAICA
1769 JAMAICA
1772 SUINAM
1776 JAMAICA
SLAVE REVOLT
SLAVE REVOLT
Only successful slave rebellion
The Haitian Revolution
1791-1804
Lesser Antilles
Haitian Revolution
Haitian Revolution
The Haitian Revolution is the only successful slave revolt in history of Africans in the new world.
After the revolt, the scars of French colonialism prevented a true liberation for the poor . The French established a model of minority rule over the illiterate poor using violence and threats. “Payback for the first successful slave revolt.
Haitian Revolution
Haitian Revolution
Haitian Revolution
Haitian Revolution
Sugar Plantation
Sugar Plantation
Sugar Plantation
Sugar Plantation
Slavery to Wage Labor
Slavery was no longer profitable for England
Wage labor is the basis for industrialization.
Abolition of Slave trade
