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Barbara BulmerThomas October 3 2015 Legacies of British slaveowners database Catherine Hall Nicholas Draper Keith McClelland Katie Donnington Rachel Lang Belize slave owners Steps to freedom. 1820-1850. Prior to the 1820s the view of slavery was in conflict with the ideas of . the . American Revolution. , . particularly the statement by Thomas Jefferson in the . . Declaration of Independence . At first, Native Americans helped the colonists in Virginia and Plymouth to survive the first years and taught them to plant crops that would grow in the New World such as tobacco and corn.. As more settlers came to the New World for land, the Native Americans resisted the new settlers.. How it all began:. The first Africans in America arrived in Jamestown, Virginia in 1619 as indentured servants. From 1619 to around1640, Africans were able to earn their freedom by working as artisans and labor workers for the European settlers.. Runaway. . Slave Activity . in North Carolina’s Albemarle Sound . If you had lost expensive property, what types of information would you consider important to assure its return?. Slave owners followed a fairly standardized format for describing their run-away property. Advertisements provide a wealth of information regarding descriptions, activities and possible destinations for runaway slaves.. by Dakota Garoutte. slavery. . slavery describes a wide variety of conditions where by one person sub ordinates another, usually by the exercise of physical coercion. Slavery was also taken for granted. Primary Documents. For each document record the following . Source and Year. Type of Doc. POV. What “voice” or viewpoint is missing?. Analysis. Document. : http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=3&psid=71. Chapter 8.4. Essential Question?. How do both sides of the abolitionist movement use religion to support their viewpoints?. “Necessary Evil”. Thomas Jefferson described slavery as a necessary evil. What does he mean by this statement?. Michael Renwick Sergent (1788). No foreign nation ought to deprive the Africans of their natural privileges without their consent, that it is fair and just for these people to dispose of their slaves, prisoners of war and felons according to their own established laws and customs; that it is lawful for any foreign nation to purchase slaves for the consideration agreed on by each party provided that their nation is not restrained from so doing…this right is founded on the great and general law of nations.. Middle Passage. Setting the scene. :. The journey often took many weeks. The weather could often be horrendous. Many slaves had never before seen the sea. The slaves had been ripped apart from their families.. The first Africans in America arrived in Jamestown, Virginia in 1619 as indentured servants. From 1619 to around1640, Africans were able to earn their freedom by working as artisans and labor workers for the European settlers.. Cherrey, and Briana Stapleton. Chapter 8: Section 2. Slavery and Abolition. One American’s story . James Forten, a wealthy leader amongst the free blacks of Philadelphia, strongly believed that he was an American which led him to oppose both the effort to resettle free blacks in Africa and slavery.. Fonte: Jerome S. Handler and Michael L. Tuite Jr, The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas: A Visual Record Fonte : Fula Coffle, Log of the Sandown, 1793-1794, Caird Library, National Maritime Museum, London (neg. D7596) 1820-1860. A10Q. 7.10.30. Essential Question. To what degree was the South developing as a distinctively different region from the rest of the United States during the period 1820 to 1860? . To what degree did slavery shape life in the South during this period? . Dr Jane Webster. TODAY’S OBJECTIVES. To understand what underwater archaeology is. To look at artefacts recovered from the . Henrietta Marie . To understand how slave shipwrecks can help with our study of the transatlantic slave trade.