fostered changes in the sources of labor. The harsh conditions for indentured servitude remained during this period. Indentured servants were treated basically as slaves and many‚ when freed‚ were unable to make a decent living for themselves with the small amount of land they were given. The government and society still viewed former indentured servants as inferior to the middle class colonial citizens. Indentured servants were the main source of labor‚ especially in the north‚ until Bacon’s
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was composed of indentured servants‚ people who paid for their passage to the New World by working for an employer for a few years. But slaves slowly began to take the place of indentured servants because indentured servants tended to be more rebellious‚ as what happened in Bacon’s Rebellion. In this example‚ a group of servants‚ led by Nathaniel Bacon‚ held an unsuccessful uprising against the government. Slaves also were a better option for the colonists because indentured servants would only work
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Slavery in North America: introduction and development: I. Introduction of Africans in North America: This map represents the 13 colonies founded by the British between 1607 and the 18th century. This is the original United State in the 18th century. We must say that the British when they colonized America were a bit late because other European nations had colonized America (both North and South) before the British. The first British settlement in America was in 1607‚ in
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that working the slaves and indentured servants and giving them very austere living conditions was morally correct. Also‚ the government is a Democracy so since the majority of the people are colonists‚ the government is pro-slavery and pro-indentured servants. However‚ there were three main reasons why settlers came to the New World: for Gold‚ for Glory‚ and for God. All these people have a similar justification on the treatment of African slaves‚ indentured servants‚ and Native Americans and that
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Why do we go from Indentured servants to Slavery in Virginia? * Race does not scientifically exist nor is it defined. We made it up. It evolved out of one group deciding another group is different and cultures are different. Racism has to be taught. * English and European Racism: wanting to believe how you are and who you are is the best and your way is better. Evolved out of the type of society they came out of. White was always looked at as light and a good thing. Black is associated with
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for religious freedom. To make the colonies founded for an economic profit‚ a large work force was needed. For many religious colonies that turned into huge economic powers‚ they used the Protestant work ethic. Other colonies decided to use indentured servants originally‚ but this ended up turning into a large use of slaves for their work force in some colonies. Despite slavery in Britain’s North American colonies originally pertaining to only the economic aspects of the society‚ it actually developed
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Early British North America Labor Systems Early British North American labor systems were indentured servants and slaves. Indentured servants were a mix of ethnicities. AfricanAmerican‚ Indian‚ and perhaps mixes of both. Indentured servants had a contract of how long they had to work and what work they had to do. At the end of that time they could go free. The treatment of the indentured servants was horrendous. They could go free after they fulfilled their contract so the owners would make living arrangements disgusting
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from the truth. Life in the colonies was in fact quite miserable for majority of people due to slavery‚ indentured servitude‚ religious intolerance‚ and epidemic diseases. Only the wealthy upper class elites were able to prosper and feel true freedom from obtaining large acres of land and from growing cash crops. Majority of the settlers who came to the New World were either indentured servants or slaves‚ and thus they were forced into harsh labor while being bounded to their master for several years
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had to become indentured servants to have their passage to the colonies paid for them. At first this seemed like a fine deal‚ after x years of work they would be able to leave their masters farms and start their new life. Unfortunately‚ it was often the case in the south that there was no land that the ex-indentured servants could have except for land that was controlled by Native Americans. This led to tensions between the emerging social classes of landowners and ex-indentured servants‚ native americans
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multitude” (H.R. McIlwaine‚ ed.‚ Journals of the House of Burgesses of Virginia 1659/60-1693‚ [Richmond‚ 1914]‚ 73) – indentured servants‚ slaves‚ poor whites and blacks‚ debtors and landless freemen. BUT ENDED IN THE 1680S…. -planters saw the lower classes as a serious threat to Virginia’s internal security: “Great Virginia planters expressed disappointment with the quality of their servants regardless of the means by which they had been recruited. The owners of large tobacco plantations wanted hard-working
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