PPT-Indentured Servitude vs. Slavery

The First Arrivals 1619 in Jamestown 20 Africans brought by the Dutch and traded to the English English used them as workers on tobacco plantations Slaves were generally cheap compared to Indentured Servants. White . O. ver Black. Which came first: slavery or racism?. Jordan’s thesis. White . prejudice did not become racism until the late. 1700s after the American Revolution, because . of the. possibility that Black slaves might become free. Indentured servants were people (generally Europeans) who would work without wages for a period of time (usually seven years) in order to pay their passage. . After the contract he would often practice the trade learned during his voluntary servitude.. What is . Slavery. ?. the . state of being owned by another person. Slaves. . were. . viewed. as a . labor. . supply. . where. . land was . prime. for . agriculture. (. agrarian. ) . Slaves. . Factsheet – May factsheetis not exhaustive and does not bind the Court Slavery, servitudeand forced labour Article 4 (prohibition of slavery and forced labour) of the European Conv on Human Rig Life in the Chesapeake. Illnesses. Life expectancy. Men to Women Ratio 6:1. HOW SLAVERY CAME TO THE U.S.. Indentured Servants. Indentured servants became the first means to meet this need for labor. In return for free passage to Virginia, a laborer worked for four to five years in the fields before being granted freedom. The Crown rewarded planters with 50 acres of land for every inhabitant they brought to the New World. Naturally, the colony began to expand. That expansion was soon challenged by the Native American confederacy formed and named after Powhatan. Big Ideas of the Lesson . The English enslaved Africans and forced them to work in the colonies.. Slavery had terrible effects on people and cultures of Africa. Although a majority of the enslaved Africans lived in the Southern Colonies, they were part of the population of each of the 13 colonies. . D. ecember 2, 2015. . Acreage Summary. Marsh Type. Brackish. Intermediate. Open. Water. Total. Inside. Existing Wildlife Management Area. 30.90. 0.00. 10.20. 41.10. Outside. Existing Wildlife Management Area. Equitable Servitudes -- Generally. A covenant enforced as running with the land in a court of equity even though it does not meet all the requirements of a real covenant.. Key issue = which requirements may be lacking?. 1625-1700. AP FOCUS. Similarities and differences amongst the colonial regions, focusing on:. Geography. Politics. Economics. Religion. Social structure. Religious toleration and separation of church and state. Indentured Servants v. Slaves in the Colonial Period. So what is “coercive labor?”. Coercive labor is labor that is coerced… no really.. Basically it means labor or work that is gained through use of force or threats.. The English enslaved Africans and forced them to work in the colonies.. Slavery had terrible effects on people and cultures of Africa. Although a majority of the enslaved Africans lived in the Southern Colonies, they were part of the population of each of the 13 colonies. . Colonial Society in the 18. th. Century. Life in the . chesapeake. Population. Life expectancy: 10 years less than England; 50% not living past 20 y/o. Most immigrants young, single men; women extremely scarce. APUSH – Spiconard. i. Why Slavery?. Profits. Sugar, tobacco, and rice were extremely profitable. Plantation owners wanted to maximize their profits. Slave labor allows for maximization of profits. Africa has a history of slavery*. Topic #7 Development of Colonial Slavery How did European slavery of Africans first develop? Portuguese fort named Elmina (“the mine”) Portuguese first began using slaves on the sugar plantations established on Sao Tome and Principe