Explain why African slavery took root in the North American colonies. Although it prevailed in all of the British colonies, why was slavery concentrated in the colonies located in the “South” and not in the “North”?
Earlier readings in this course have addressed the transplanting of a labor system to the Americas that has existed throughout history. Because of its contractual nature which included a fixed time for ending their servitude, it is easy to forget that indentured servants were in fact slaves. Indentured servitude will start to wain in the […]