‘Slave owner’/master’ dehumanises the people who were enslaved and reinforces a representation of enslaved people as commodities (objects or goods to be traded). We have used these terms instead of ‘slave owner’ or ‘slave master’ to emphasise that the act of enslaving someone is a deliberate process – of making a human into a slave. Where the person actively enslaved people, claiming and treating them as property, they can be referred to as ‘enslaver’. Owner(s) of enslaved people: a person who owned estates worked by enslaved people. We have used ‘formerly enslaved person’ instead of ‘former slave’ or ‘free slave’. ‘Enslaved person’ or ‘enslaved African’ ensures that we separate a human individual – the person - from their enforced enslaved experience.įormerly enslaved person: a person who has experienced enslavement at some point in their life (see above). We have used ‘enslaved person’/ ‘enslaved people’ in place of ‘slave’ or ‘slaves’, both of which are terms that dehumanise people. This often also involved occupying it with settlers and exploiting it economically.Įnslaved person/people: individuals who were captured, enslaved and forced to work against their will, as if they were the property of someone else. However, for the purposes of this resource, we have used the term Atlantic slave trade, to keep in line with the SQA National 5 History curriculum ( National 5 History Section 2, Part 3: The Atlantic Slave Trade, 1770-1807 ).Ĭolonial: the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country or people. When referring to collections regarding this topic, National Museums Scotland use the term transatlantic slave trade as the most specific and commonly used terminology. ![]() ![]() on plantations, in North America and the Caribbean. The Atlantic slave trade involved the capture and enslavement of Africans, who were then forcibly transported across the Atlantic Ocean by Europeans and compelled to work, e.g. This occurred between Europe, Africa and the Americas from the 16th to the 19th century. ![]() Atlantic slave trade: also known as the transatlantic slave trade, refers to the specific trade of enslaved people and goods across the Atlantic Ocean.
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