Draft:Chattel slavery in the Americas

Chattel slavery is one of the types of slavery that took place throughout history.

Authors state that there have only existed five slave societies in history. A slave society is one where the main economic system is mainly based on slavery. These five societies included Greek empire, Roman Empire, Spanish Caribbean, Portuguese Brazil and the American South.

Chattel slavery is characterized by the existence of certain elements. These include: -lifelong slavery -hereditary slavery -slavery based on race -debt is passed on to descendants (inherited) -slaves are considered private property. Chattel slavery took place during European colonialism, particularly that of the English, Dutch, French, Spanish and Portuguese.

In chattel slavery, extreme forms of cruelty were practiced including rape, family separation, national separation. National separation took place so that slaves were isolated and could not communicate and organize.

In Africa, chattel slavery did not take place, even though slave suppliers sold people to European slavers who would enter the slaves into the chattel system.

Indigenous peoples also were victims of chattel slavery in certain places and certain historical periods such as ... Cuzco, mexican mines, slave plantations in the caribbean.

Chattel slavery ended beginning with the Haitian revolution, and other revolts and independence wars from European colonial empires. The last remnants of chattel slavery was the American south in 18xx and Brazil in 18xxx.

As a social institution, chattel slavery classes slaves as chattels (personal property) owned by the enslaver; like livestock, they can be bought and sold at will. Chattel slavery was practiced in places such as the Roman Empire and classical Greece, where it was considered a keystone of society. Other places where it was extensively practiced include Medieval Egypt, Subsaharan Africa, Brazil, the United States and parts of the Caribbean such as Cuba and Haiti.

APOLOGIES

The church in England has apologized for its role in slavery.