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Colonial economy labor CYURKY USHISTORY 8 Homer-Center

Land, Labor, capital and wealth

What makes you rich? england colonies land scarce labor plentiful Land sign of wealth land plentiful labor scarce Land still sign of wealth

Freeworkers

freeworkers Free to choose their jobs paid for work, high salaries tradesmen, servants, merchants middle class, but bought land attempts made to keep wages low

Bound labor

Bound labor Bound by the terms of a legal contract Had legal rights Could sue and be sued

apprentices Worked in exchange for learning a trade Master taught the “art and skill”

Indentured servants Worked in exchange for cost to come to America 50-75% of colonists came this way

Convict labor Worked off the remainder of sentence

Poor houses Worked to pay off debts

slavery

slavery Labor shortage

background began with Portugal Spanish used slaves in colonies in 1501 Until 1688; slaves very expensive

colonies by 1776, 500,000 slaves in colonies (5% of 10 million brought here) 20% colonial population was slaves (40% in VA; 75 % in NC)

colonies fear, hatred on differences black = evil weapons determined superiority need for labor more important than conscience

Slave codes Heredity / caste guaranteed permanent servitude

Slave codes masters had total control over lives discipline required by law slave codes governed behavior

Voyage middle passage as many as possible; bad conditions

auctions

rebellions

resistance

Free blacks

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