Analyze Similarities And Differences Within The Justification Of Slavery

Ronald Reagan once said, “Freedom is never more than one generation away than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the blood stream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.” Reflecting on Ronald Reagan’s quote of freedom and Slavery one might wonder how all of England’s North American colonies allowed slavery till the late 1700’s. Researching the southern middle and New England colonies one can identify the similarities and differences within the justification of slavery, types of slavery within the colonies, and the treatments of the different slaves. Considering all of the elements of why slavery was allowed before the 1700’s understanding the similarities and differences between the different colonies had more slaves than others.

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The first slaves arrived in Jamestown (middle colonies) in 1619 and were indentured servants until their contracts were complete. Although the northern and middle colonies still had slaves that lived in bondage they were more likely to be granted their freedom because economics and geography did not promote for slaves like the plantation southern colonies. (Us history.org). The amount of slaves that were granted their freedom was minimal to the amount of slaves in bondage within the southern colonies.

Understanding the different types of slaves within the colonies gives rise to the various types of treatment for slaves. Slaves owned by southern plantation owners worked long hard hours on the plantations. Southern plantation owners owned so many slaves they often went under-fed, overworked, and suffered from the mistreatment. Unlike the southern colonies the middle and New England colonies slaves would often work a learned trade or within the owners house. The slaves owned by southern colonies were treated more harshly than the New England, and Middle