HISTORY 7A Lecture Notes - Carolina Rebellion, African-American Culture, Middle Colonies
10 Oct 2013
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Background: what we already know: trans-atlantic slave trade. First slaves arrive in virginia in 1619: labour problems in the chesapeake. Supply of masterless men dries up: rise of plantation agriculture. Tobacco, rice and sugar economies require a lot of man labour: emergence of british presence in the west indies. Servants: degrees of freedom and un-freedom: spectrum of freedom. Servants still seen as men with an end-point: master-servant rule in british law. Old concept governing principle between masters and indentured servants. Dictates terms of relationship master supposed to provide basic necessities in exchange for servants" labour. End point of service protected by law. Slaves do not fall into this category, not given the same treatment as in the master-servant rule. No long-standing law, so nothing to base model of slavery on. Different colonists in different colonies would go about slavery in ways different to others, based on their own needs.
