background:

-15. century colonisation
– slavery at first in Portugal
– needed worves for colonisatio

– 1444 beginning of slave markets in Portugal => taken from west-african coast
– slavery began in Spain
– arabian sold from Central Africa in Arabia, India, Iran, became slaves
– in America 20 – 100 MIo slaves in the whole space of time
———> end

– in 1619 first african slaves brought to Jamestown
– subject to the limited servitude ( status which all indian,white and black servants in the colonies had )
– at first only few slaves
– 1641 – 1661 laws for slavery made
– 17th century plantation system in North-America -> more slaves were needed
– in northern colonies they had to work in the house and in the business
– colonies in New York , New Yersey and Pennsylvania -> worked on farms
– in War of Independence laws changed
– slaves became REAL slaves ( time before : had been bound servants


rights of slaves:

– supported when they were ill and old
– got religious instructions
– were allowed to be witnesses
– often allowed to have property, to marry and to have free-time
– were limited able to make contracts -> if carried out depending on owners
– often human rights disregarded :
– women raped and families splitted
– got cruel treatment, were mutilated, got brands, were laid in chains and

sometimes even killed
—> practiced till 19th century and people who did it weren’t punished


slavery abolished:

– 1792 in Denmark |
– 1807 in England } laws made
– 1808 in the USA |

– 1848 in France |
– 1863 in the Netherlands } slaves freed
– 1888 in Brazil |



slavery in the 20th century:

– 1929 forbidden
– 1951 still people in slavery
– 1956 UNO conference : slaves outlawed
– 2001 children in slavery; in Togo,Mali,Benin
– every year 200 000 children are sold

slavery in the world:

antique :
– was accepted
– was unrenounceable
slaves were prisoners of war
– had to work on the fields

in the middleage :
– was improvement
nations through invasions -> slaves became serfs

Islam :
-accepted from the beginning
– prophet Mohammed treated gently
used for housework

India and China :
– houseslaves, agriculture
– used for great buildings

Agypt :
– for burial places
– slaves freed after a certain time if they were egypt

Aztecs,Inkas,Majas :
– work in the field and for war services



England:

– 1713 => South Sea Company supplies spanish colonies with slaves ( they got the right )

France, Holland, Denmark active till 16./17. century