AASP 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Involuntary Servitude, Manumission, Indentured Servant
23 Oct 2017
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Africans arrive in the chesapeake unlike the portuguese/spanish, english didn"t have a slavery law. A ngolans with c hris tian names (i. e. p edro, is abella, a ntoney, & a ngelo) could after working off purchas e price, they regained freedom. 1623 - a ntoney & is abella married. 1624 - parents of william (mas ter baptiz ed in local *c hurch of e ngland* William might"ve been 1st black person born in english america - almos t certainly by 1619, 32 africans lived at james town. D utch captain traded them to local officials for provis ions. Angolans became servants to jamestown"s officials and favorite planters two reasons the colony"s inhabitants regarded both new arrivals and black. African des cent was s till a s mall minority in v irginia colony. 1625 - 23 black people living in the colony, 1275 white people and indians s ugges ts that firs t black inhabitants either died/moved away.
