AMH 2010 Lecture Notes - Public Humiliation, 6 Years, Sumptuary Law

• School: University of Florida
• Department: American Studies
• Course: AMH 2010
• Professor: Jeffrey Adler

Document Summary

Looked at the settlement of european colonies. Roots of slavery were grounded from society before slavery. Monetary gains from growing tobacco had powerful effects on society in the. South: how did tobacco shape early southern development? (professor noted that this could be a possible midterm exam question) Not enough labor in the south: tough work initially indentured servants. The script of history was very malleable : could have gone either way. Power accrued to landowners: laws were designed to be in there favor. Initially african slaves were never considered sub human: originally african slaves came over as indentured servants. Missed treated as an indentured servant but not as an actual slave. The term race was used ten years after the first ideology of slavery came to being. Had europeans considered africans subhuman from the beginning they would never have had to create laws outlining the difference between.