Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. Roll over names of designated regions on the map above for descriptions of the role of each in the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
The North American mainland played a relatively minor role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Its ports sent out less than five percent of all known voyages, and its slave markets absorbed less than four percent of all slaves carried off from Africa. An intra-American trade in slaves – originating in the Caribbean - supplied additional slaves, however. This region was exceptional in the Americas in that a positive rate of natural population growth began relatively early, thus reducing the dependence of the region on coerced migrants. The Caribbean was one of the two major broad regional markets for slaves from Africa.
Brazil was the center of the slave trade carried on under the Portuguese flag, both before and after Brazilian independence in 1822, and Portugal was by far the largest of the national carriers. "Harvest of Shame" 50 Years Later. The day after Thanksgiving in 1960, CBS REPORTS presented what would become one of the most important documentaries of all time, about the plight of the men and women who had provided the holiday feast.
They were America's migrant farm workers. It was intended, the producer said, "To shock the consciousness of the nation. " And it did. Now, a half century later, CBS News chief national correspondent Byron Pitts returns to the fields to continue the story. "They are the migrants, workers in the sweat shops of the soil - the harvest of shame," CBS News correspondent Edward R. In "Harvest of Shame," Murrow called them "the forgotten people; the under-educated; the under-fed. " With raw and striking images, Murrow's documentary exposed the poverty and deplorable working conditions endured by America's 2 to 3 million migrant farm workers. "Only in name are they not a slave," said Rev.
Watch in Full: CBS REPORTS "Harvest of Shame" COALITION OF IMMOKALEE WORKERS - Mark Bittman Blog. Politics of the Plate: The Price of Tomatoes: 2000s Archive. If you have eaten a tomato this winter, chances are very good that it was picked by a person who lives in virtual slavery.
Driving from Naples, Florida, the nation’s second-wealthiest metropolitan area, to Immokalee takes less than an hour on a straight road. You pass houses that sell for an average of $1.4 million, shopping malls anchored by Tiffany’s and Saks Fifth Avenue, manicured golf courses. Eventually, gated communities with names like Monaco Beach Club and Imperial Golf Estates give way to modest ranches, and the highway shrivels from six lanes to two. Through the scruffy palmettos, you glimpse flat, sandy tomato fields shimmering in the broiling sun. Rounding a long curve, you enter Immokalee. Immokalee is the tomato capital of the United States. The beige stucco house at 209 South Seventh Street is remarkable only because it is in better repair than most Immokalee dwellings. Taking a day off was not an option. And for what?