Hey everyone. Today we discussed how slavery was not legal institution in the colonies until the mid-17th century. We learned that many Africans came here as indentured servants and were able to gain their freedom (just like other indentured servants). We also learned that as the need for labor increased, a distinction between indentured servitude and slavery emerged, with race being a central issue.
As I have stated in class, slavery did not happen all at once. Slavery within the colonies happened one person at a time, one state at a time, and one law at a time. We looked at some of these laws that established slavery as a legal institution within the English colonies.
For homework, you are going to be reading some primary source materials on the Atlantic slave trade. Please read the worksheet and write a one-paragraph response on the material. What do you find surprising about the article and why? Is there anything that you learned more about or did not know before reading the article?
Have a great weekend and I will see everyone on Monday!
~Mr. Mazur
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