Along with these new crops and animals, Christopher Columbus brought diseases with him that the natives were not immune to. This resulted in many dying from these illnesses. The Natives, which had been an isolated population for centuries lacked immunity to the sicknesses and subsequently suffered the consequences of Columbus’ visit. Fevers, smallpox, and measles were proved to be deadly and wiped out tribes at a time. In return, the Europeans fell to the New World disease of syphilis.
The idea of European superiority and dominance drove the social structure of the "new world", (consisting mainly of North and Latin Americas and the Caribbean). Because of this dominant racial ideology, the native peoples of both regions were often subjects of discrimination and oppression. The extent of their mistreatment differed, as in North America they were simply pushed aside or confined to a certain area to live, while in the Caribbean and Latin America they were forced into servitude and labor. The dominant racial ideology of Europeans also fueled the slave trade that was prominent in the time period of 1500-1830, which involved shipping African slaves to the the Americas to increase the productivity of the colonies. In both areas, slaves were basically property, bought, sold, and traded to do specific and often labor intensive tasks.
The trips from these different countries to America were tremendously awful. Many people died of diseases and were thrown overboard. The people on the ships were packed like animals and had to watch each other suffer and die. They decided to either kill themselves or fight because they didn’t know where they were headed or going. Little food was given to them during the trip but before they reached the U.S., they were given extra food so that they would look better and healthier so the owners earn more money at the slave
Thesis Travelers to the New World brought diseases that Native Americans were not immune to, or did not have medicine to treat. They suffered a 90% population loss and slaves were brought from Africa to fill their labor needs. How depopulation from disease brought from the Old World affect our diversity today. One of the causes of the Native American depopulation during The Columbian Exchange was from contact with the epidemic disease brought over from the Europeans. European introduced epidemics hit Florida, the Carolinas, and Virginia between 1519 and 1750.
It is estimated that 12 million slaves were forced to migrate. 2. The mortality rate was 10 to 20 percent. 3. In the Caribbean and South America the slaves died often and did not reproduce, but in North America the slaves survived longer and were growing in numbers.
The people of the Old World brought their diseases with them, which took advantage of the Native Americans inexistent antibodies toward illnesses like smallpox- which brought about massive and catastrophic population decreases for the Native Americans, about 80-90%. The transfer of diseases, although more noticeable on the Native American populations, also went both ways. The people of the New World exposed the Old World to diseases like syphilis. This transfer shows
• Some European sailors have smallpox. They come in contact with Native Americans and pass the disease on to them. The disease devastates whole cultures. • Affluent Europeans buy sugar from the New World. The slave trade burgeons as European colonists buy slaves to work on sugar cane plantations.
Many were mostly sent to the plantations such as the sugar plantations this was mainly in Brazil and in the Caribbean’s. Seasoned slaves were preferred because they were already disciplined by their masters. Finally Africans survived the horrible treatment, and the conditions the most brutal of this was the Atlantic slave trade. When we look back at the struggles that the African Americans went through it testifies to humility and humanity as well as the spirit which is the corner stone as well as the middle of the African American
FEB 6 2014 Slavery and Frontiers Mississippi 1720-1835 Slavery in Mississippi has a very interesting beginning in the state. The indigenous people of the region did practice slavery to some extent. The Native Americans however did not use the same practices of the Europeans. The Europeans maintained slavery for its means of profitability but the native Americans only had slaves as a luxury. The Indians did not really differentiate the Europeans and the slaves that they brought with them to the newly discovered lands.
Africa’s geography and climate had many positive and negative effects on the way Africa was developed. Some positive things may have been how Africa is surrounded by water, or the soil that they use. Africa is also positively influenced by their rough mountain like terrain, but at the same time that could also act as a negative, this information is from the reading we did on the African slaves and how they were captured. In Africa there is a lot of bacteria in their swampy areas, in these swamy areas there are many mosquitos, some of which carry a disease called Muleria, which had both a positive and or negative effect on the African’s and their development. Another thing that Africa has is a lot of Plantonium and Gold, this is what attracted the Europeans in the first place.