Crash Course - Atlantic Slave Trade
- From 1500 to 1800 CE somewhere between ___ and ___ million slaves were forcibly moved to the Americas.
- What percentage of slaves went to the USA?
- Camera 2 Sidenote: What trait do the primary crops (tobacco, sugar, and coffee) grown by slaves share, making them an example of early consumer culture?
- How did Europeans get slaves in Africa?
- How much space did slaves get on an average ship?
- What crop's production process involved 48 hour shifts and hands frequently getting stuck in machinery?
- What is John Green's problem with the way people sometimes use the word "slave"?
- Who were among the first to considered, "otherness" to be a critical aspect of slavery?
- Who believed that some people were simply, "slaves by nature."?
- What was the percentage of slaves in the Roman Empire, similar to the number in the Americas at the height of slavery?
- What two ideas from Christianity does John Green argue contributed to Atlantic Slavery.
- What is the "truth that we must grapple with" with respect to the Atlantic Slave Trade?
