What Are The Benefits Of Slavery In America
- Slaves in 17th century - Slavery in the United State started in 1619. This was when African slaves were brought to Jamestown, VA. These people were not free at all. They were forced to harvest cash crops like cotton and tobacco. Slaves during this time had the least amount of freedom among the other members of this group. During and right after the Revolution, many people called for the end of slavery since they saw it as similar to the colonies' relationship with England. However, slaves were not freed until after the Civil War and slavery was further reinforced with the 3/5 compromise in the constitution. So that calculated slaves as 3/5 of a person for purposes of representation in Congress. American revolution freed slaves, but it took a whole hundred years until they could vote.
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However, planters liked permanent labor so they looked for more slaves instead of the indentured servants so that practice didn’t last long..
In the 1600’s women did not have many options of jobs. Most of them were homemakers, who cooked and raised children. Yet, mostly women of a lower and middle class, were allowed to have jobs such as spinning cloth, washing clothes, or being bakers. Some were even domestic servants. Women did not have the ability to vote or live alone. So you could say they were “free" to live, but only with a man.
During this time, many of the Native Americans were still allowed to live on the land however, ultimately they were forced off their own land by American colonists. A lot of them contracted infectious diseases from colonists of things they were not use to resulting in them dying. You could say that they were "free" but not for
However, planters liked permanent labor so they looked for more slaves instead of the indentured servants so that practice didn’t last long..
In the 1600’s women did not have many options of jobs. Most of them were homemakers, who cooked and raised children. Yet, mostly women of a lower and middle class, were allowed to have jobs such as spinning cloth, washing clothes, or being bakers. Some were even domestic servants. Women did not have the ability to vote or live alone. So you could say they were “free" to live, but only with a man.
During this time, many of the Native Americans were still allowed to live on the land however, ultimately they were forced off their own land by American colonists. A lot of them contracted infectious diseases from colonists of things they were not use to resulting in them dying. You could say that they were "free" but not for