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Origins of slavery
Resources: Slavery in History: New World EncountersResource Type: Primary Source This detail of the same map from Theatrum orbis terrarum (1570) depicts the African continent, showing how both the interior and exterior were well known to European travelers, explorers, and cartographers. Notice the detailing of port cities on the west coast as well as the important towns and rivers inland. Excerpt from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith (1776). Resource Type: Primary Source Slavery in History: The Legacy of 1492 Resource Type: Primary Source This hand-colored facsimile of an engraving (1564) by Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues shows French settlers arriving on the Florida coast. The Triangular Trades: The Slave Gun Cycle Resource Type: Primary Source The king of Dahomey leading armed women to war (1793). The Triangular Trades: The Slave Gun Cycle Resource Type: Primary Source The king of Dahomey with soldiers and members of his court receiving British visitors (1793). The Triangular Trades: The Slave Gun Cycle Resource Type: Primary Source Europeans buying slaves on the African coast (1729). The Triangular Trades: Continuity of Slavery Resource Type: Primary Source The king of Congo's residence, where people gathering water to be carried up to the city that surrounds the king's dwelling illustrate a form of slavery that existed in Africa (mid-eighteenth century). Slavery in the Americas: Plantation Agriculture Resource Type: Primary Source Tobacco vendors, most but not all of them English, began advertising on illustrated sheets or cards in the eighteenth century. This "potent herb" label is likely an eighteenth-century illustration. Laws and Statutes: Undefined Legal Status Resource Type: Primary Source This detail from an eighteenth-century handkerchief shows the careers of the good and bad servants, William Goodchild and Jack Idle. Transportation in this context meant being sent to the British colonies, usually as punishment for crimes committed. Slavery and Empire: A Slave Narrative Resource Type: Primary Source Olaudah Equiano. Frontispiece, The Interresting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavas Vassa, the African, 3d ed. (1790). Excerpt from Olaudah Equiano, The Interresting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavas Vassa, the African. Resource Type: Primary Source Systems of Slavery: The South Resource Type: Primary Source Mulberry Plantation in South Carolina. The steep roofs are of slave housing, reflecting a form of African architecture (c. 1770). Systems of Slavery: The South Resource Type: Primary Source The labor-intensive process of rice cultivation on a plantation near Savannah, Georgia (1867). Systems of Slavery: The South Resource Type: Primary Source Charleston, with its intense maritime activities and fine urban architecture (1737–39). Systems of Slavery: The North Resource Type: Primary Source The Newport Historical Society cannot determine whether the black child depicted in this portrait of the Potter family in Rhode Island is free or slave. The adult male figure here may be the John Potter who manumitted his slaves after becoming a Quaker. The British influence on the fashion and tastes of American colonial elites is conveyed through dress (c.1740-70). Slave Resistance Resource Type: Primary Source A newspaper advertisement offering a reward for the return of a runaway slave (Virginia Gazette, February 15, 1770). Slave Resistance Resource Type: Primary Source A slave is burned at the stake after the 1741 slave rebellion in New York City. Equiano: A Slave's Autobiography Resource Type: Primary Source Olaudah Equiano was enslaved as a child after he and his sister were kidnapped in Africa. His autobiography offers a rare comparison of African and American cultures. | | ||||||
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