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slavery
A system of enforced servitude in which some people are owned by other people.
slav
a member of a group of peoples in central and eastern Europe speaking Slavic languages.
Byzantine Empire
an empire that captured slavic people and enslaved them
Slavic people
people from places like Russia, Poland, Serbia, and other Eastern European nations
Transatlantic Slave Trade
The brutal system of trading African Slaves from Africa to the Americas.
Catholic Church
an entity that officially opposed slavery
racism
Belief that one race is superior to another
King Alfonso V
king of Portugal who received a papal bull that granted Portugal exclusive rights to W.Africa
Pope Nicholas V
Issued a papal bull giving Portugal the exclusive rights to W. Africa
Romanus Pontifex
A papal bull that confirms the Crown of Portugal dominion over all lands south of Cape Bojador in Africa.
Ouladah Equiano
An African slave who recounted the horrors of the journey aboard a slave ship to the Americas.
Gustavas Vassa
name given to Equiano by one of his masters and used until he wrote his narrative
Elmina Castle
the slave fortress in what is now the coastal central region of Ghana built by the Portuguese and later occupied by the Dutch and English
Caribbean Plantations
Place Portugal sent first slaves; cash crops like tobacco, coffee, indigo
Triangle Trade
a trade route that exchanged goods between the West Indies, the American colonies, and West Africa
Susan Constant, Godspeed, Discovery
three ships which brought the Jamestown settlers to America
