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Slavery in the Colonies

Slavery in the Americas became PERMANENT by the mid‐1600s.

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* The Plantation System:* profits from tobacco and rice* southern economy dependent on slavery

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* There has been slavery since ancient times, and it was not always for life:

* example: in many early Christian societies, slaves were freed of they became Christians

* example: in many African societies, people captured in war were often enslaved for only a few years

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Attempts to Stop Slavery*1652: Rhode Island

*Passed the first anti‐slavery law*Law did not last, because R.I. made profits off of the slave trade

*Georgia*Had a ban on slavery until the 1750s*Ban lifted, and slavery was legal in all colonies

*Slavery became linked to African‐American decent*Slavery is now linked to RACISM*Colonists felt superior to Africans*Colonists thought they were "helping" Africans by introducing them to European ways and Christianity

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Middle Passage

* traded for guns and other goods before being loaded onto the ships

* to increase profits, many captains crammed as many captives on as possible

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Auction Blocks

* healthy men, women, and children put on the auction block once they reached the Americas

* family members often separated

* majority ended up on plantations in the Spanish colonies, Brazil, or Caribbean

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*British*Dutch*French*Spanish

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Triangular Trade Do you remember the Navigation Acts? Do you think the colonists followed them? Why or why not?PU

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Resistance to Slavery

strict laws that restricted the rights and activities of slaves

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* could not meet in large numbers* could not own weapons* could not leave plantation without permission* could not learn to read or write

* Masters who killed slaves could not be tried for murder

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* laws attempted to stop revolts* revolts flared up into slavery itself ended in 1865

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SLAVE TRADERS

* traders set up posts along the West Africa coast* made raids into the interior* bound at leg and neck* captives marched as far as 300 miles* half of captives died along the way

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