HIST 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Indentured Servant, Slave Codes, Code Noir
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Evenly dispersed wealth across classes elect representatives. Developed a place where people work together. Florida, so natives can pick a side (english or. First slaves arrived in chesapeake region (1619) By 1640: increase in slave labor over indentured servitude. Slaves became free after serving their term. Free blacks: had legal protection, many rights. Native captives: sold to europeans, transported to british west indies. Legal changes to slavery; result of slavery becoming more prominent. 1640s: slavery becomes lifelong status; legal to abuse slaves. 1660s: child"s legal status based upon mother"s. After: christianity no longer legal ground to sue for freedom. Controlling slaves: job given to poor whites. Slave codes gave even poor whites a lot of power/rights. Regulated how much food and clothes slaves can have. Gave slaves the right to marry; did not separate families. Creoles (person of mixed european and african descent): had legal rights. Metacom and king philip"s war (1675) - against the english.
