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

3. I. 4 Common Myths About Slavery in Early America

4. A. The American colonies dominated slavery in the New World

5. Slavery was only in the South

7. All African-Americans were slaves

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

9. Slavery, the American colonies & King Cotton

10. II. The Shift from Indentured Servants to Slaves

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

12. The Tobacco Economy & the Headright System

13. Life and Liberty for Indentured Servants

14. The Ambiguous Status of African-Americans

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

16. Bacon’s Rebellion, Indentured Servants & the Land Problem

18. 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

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

20. Slave Codes, Racism, and the Law

21. Slave Culture: Families and Folkways

22. Slave Resistance: The Stono Rebellion, and New Slave Codes

24. A Society with Slaves or a Slave Society?