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Slavery in Early America "How is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty from the drivers of Negroes?"

I. 4 Common Myths About Slavery in Early America

A. The American colonies dominated slavery in the New World

Slavery was only in the South

All African-Americans were slaves

Census Year # Slaves # Free blacks Total black % free blacks 1790 697,681 59,527 757,208 7.9%

Slavery, the American colonies & King Cotton

II. The Shift from Indentured Servants to Slaves

A. The Era of Indentured Servants (~1610s-1670s)

The Tobacco Economy & the Headright System

Life and Liberty for Indentured Servants

The Ambiguous Status of African-Americans http://www.nps.gov/jame/historyculture/african-americans-at-jamestown.htm

B. The Shift to Slaves (~1670s-1700)

Bacon’s Rebellion, Indentured Servants & the Land Problem

Rising Wages in England  Fewer Willing to Become Indentured Servants Other Factors Rising Wages in England  Fewer Willing to Become Indentured Servants Wealthier Colonists  Can Afford Slaves

C. The Slavery Era (1700s  American Revolution+)

Slave Codes, Racism, and the Law http://www.nps.gov/jame/historyculture/african-americans-at-jamestown.htm

Slave Culture: Families and Folkways

Slave Resistance: The Stono Rebellion, and New Slave Codes

A Society with Slaves or a Slave Society?