Topic 15 Slavery

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Lynn L

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  • Slavery in English Colonies
    • Little slavery in English Colonies for most of 1600s
    • Then, Late 1600s: Rise of Slavery
    • 1st, West Indies (Caribbean), Then, to the Thirteen Colonies
    • Ultimately,
     360,000+ slaves to  
     the Thirteen Colonies
    • 4 m slaves in US by 1860
  • Reasons for the Rise
    • Transatlantic slave trade already existed
    • Legal in every colony
    • Considered morally permissible
    • Huge need for workers
    • Lack of Indian & white workers
  • Slavery and European America
    • New societies, not replicas of Europe
    • Caste, not class
    • Foundation or contradiction?