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. By Sharon Draper. PowerPoint constructed by Patricia Hutchison. About the Author. Sharon Draper is an . educator . as well as a writer.. She has won many teaching awards including National Teacher of the Year.. 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.. I cannot remember when I did not so think and feel.”. --Abraham Lincoln. ( . from a letter to A G. Hodges, April 4, 1864, . 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. . 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. Slavery Grievance. Thomas Jefferson was born to a slave-owning family and he . himself owned . slaves. As chairman of the committee that drafted . the Declaration . of Independence, Jefferson wrote a . 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. 16.1 – Slavery in the Territories. From the days of Jefferson and the Founding Fathers, slavery was a major issue for politicians. The Missouri Compromise. By 1819, there were 22 states (11 free, 11 not). 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