Atlantic world plantation system

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The Atlantic world plantation system was a transoceanic economic and social order in which large-scale, slave-based agricultural estates in the Americas produced commodities like sugar, tobacco, and cotton for European markets, shaping global trade, racial hierarchies, and colonial empires.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical economic system ⓘ
plantation complex ⓘ
slave-based agricultural system ⓘ
transatlantic system ⓘ
contributedTo African diaspora in the Americas ⓘ
linked to: African diaspora

creation of creole cultures ⓘ
development of modern capitalism ⓘ
formation of white supremacy ⓘ
growth of European port cities ⓘ
rise of racial ideologies ⓘ
wealth of European metropoles ⓘ
declinedDueTo abolitionist movements ⓘ
emancipation laws ⓘ
slave revolts ⓘ
drivenByDemandFrom European markets ⓘ
hasGeographicScope Atlantic world ⓘ
Brazil ⓘ
British America ⓘ
Caribbean ⓘ
Dutch Caribbean ⓘ
French Caribbean ⓘ
North America ⓘ
Spanish America ⓘ
hasKeyFeature chattel slavery ⓘ
coercive labor discipline ⓘ
export-oriented agriculture ⓘ
large-scale agricultural estates ⓘ
monoculture production ⓘ
plantation overseers ⓘ
planter elite ⓘ
racialized labor hierarchy ⓘ
hasNotableEvent British abolition of the slave trade ⓘ
British emancipation in the Caribbean ⓘ
Haitian Revolution ⓘ
U.S. Civil War and emancipation ⓘ
linked to: American Civil War
hasTemporalLocation 16th century ⓘ
17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
early modern period ⓘ
integratedInto Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
triangular trade ⓘ
legacyIncludes persistent racial inequality ⓘ
plantation landscapes ⓘ
post-emancipation labor regimes ⓘ
produces coffee ⓘ
cotton ⓘ
indigo ⓘ
rice ⓘ
rum ⓘ
sugar ⓘ
tobacco ⓘ
regulatedBy colonial law ⓘ
slave codes ⓘ
supportedBy European colonial empires ⓘ
mercantilist policies ⓘ
usesLabor enslaved African-descended people ⓘ
enslaved Africans ⓘ
indentured servants ⓘ
indigenous laborers ⓘ

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Nomini Hall → partOf → Atlantic world plantation system ⓘ
John Gladstone → involvedIn → Atlantic slave economy ⓘ
linked to: Atlantic world plantation system
Gibbes family → associatedWith → Atlantic slave economy ⓘ
linked to: Atlantic world plantation system
Edward Barrett Moulton-Barrett → involvedIn → West Indian plantation economy ⓘ
linked to: Atlantic world plantation system
Royall family → associatedWith → Atlantic slave economy ⓘ
linked to: Atlantic world plantation system
Henry Lascelles, 1st Earl of Harewood → wealthSource → West Indies plantations ⓘ
linked to: Atlantic world plantation system
cotton gin → hadEconomicImpactOn → Atlantic cotton trade ⓘ
linked to: Atlantic world plantation system
D’Ortega → participatesIn → Atlantic slavery system ⓘ
linked to: Atlantic world plantation system
Codrington Plantations in Barbados → associatedWith → British Atlantic slave economy ⓘ
linked to: Atlantic world plantation system
Goose Creek plantations → partOf → Atlantic World rice economy ⓘ
linked to: Atlantic world plantation system
Barrett family of Jamaica → involvedIn → British Atlantic slave economy ⓘ
linked to: Atlantic world plantation system
slave revolt of August 1791 → topic → Atlantic slave system ⓘ
linked to: Atlantic world plantation system