History 3321E Lecture : Plantation Nexus Cont Oct 5.doc
22 Mar 2012
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Slavery dies with civil war, but white supremacy will go on. Inconceivable the plantations could run without slavery slaver more cost effective. 1st africans arrived 6 years after colony est 1619. These africans were not slaves appeared to be indentured servants. Became custom that africans become enslaved therefore they become candidates for inferiority. Colour of their skin came to justify their slavery ancient times slaves were all colours. During this era, there were no slaves in britain just partook in trade. End of 17th clear a distinct is being made between slaves and white servants. Servant = humans, slave does not = human. They have been seasoned in the west indies. They usually came from the west coast of africa. 1st stage person would not be enslaved by white ppl originally but by blacks. Marched to the coast and sold to whites on the coast (typical) 2nd stage then sold to whites packed on ships didn"t want them to die.
