Atlantic world plantation system

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historical economic system plantation complex slave-based agricultural system transatlantic system

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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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Atlantic slave economy	3
Atlantic cotton trade	1
West Indian plantation economy	1
West Indies plantations	1

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical economic system ⓘ plantation complex ⓘ slave-based agricultural system ⓘ transatlantic system ⓘ
contributedTo	African diaspora in the Americas NERFINISHED ⓘ 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ British America NERFINISHED ⓘ Caribbean NERFINISHED ⓘ Dutch Caribbean NERFINISHED ⓘ French Caribbean NERFINISHED ⓘ North America NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish America NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Civil War and emancipation NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTemporalLocation	16th century ⓘ 17th century ⓘ 18th century ⓘ 19th century ⓘ early modern period ⓘ
integratedInto	Atlantic slave trade NERFINISHED ⓘ 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ mercantilist policies ⓘ
usesLabor	enslaved African-descended people ⓘ enslaved Africans ⓘ indentured servants ⓘ indigenous laborers ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gibbes family → associatedWith → Atlantic world plantation system ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atlantic slave economy

Royall family → associatedWith → Atlantic world plantation system ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atlantic slave economy

contributed to economic divergence between North and South in the United States → hadEconomicImpactOn → Atlantic world plantation system ⓘ

subject surface form: cotton gin

this entity surface form: Atlantic cotton trade

Edward Barrett Moulton-Barrett → involvedIn → Atlantic world plantation system ⓘ

this entity surface form: West Indian plantation economy

John Gladstone → involvedIn → Atlantic world plantation system ⓘ

this entity surface form: Atlantic slave economy

Nomini Hall (historic plantation) → partOf → Atlantic world plantation system ⓘ

subject surface form: Nomini Hall

Henry Lascelles, 1st Earl of Harewood → wealthSource → Atlantic world plantation system ⓘ

this entity surface form: West Indies plantations