Slavery in New England Colonies By: Claire Cantiller, Ana Ceja, & Jamie Renz

Table of Contents  Slavery  Slave Population  African Americans  Pictures  Conclusion

Slavery  In the 1600’s, New England colonies grew rapidly.  Most African Americans in Connecticut were indentured servants, who served their master from four to seven years.  There were only 30 slaves in Connecticut in 1680.

Slave Population  There was a large concentration of slavery in the north in southern Rhode Island, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Long Island.  They were generally engaged in farming-- tending to crops and livestock– or were employed as household servants.  Connecticut and Rhode Island were the last New England states to bring an end to slavery within its borders.

African Americans  The first African immigrants to England’s North American colonies arrived in Virginia in  The black population had grown and colonial laws recognized a new sort of bondage based upon race: chattel slavery.  Slavery existed throughout the colonies before the American Revolution.

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Conclusion  The low number of people living in slavery in the New England colonies was not due to antislavery sentiments.  Rather, economic, social, and geographic conditions resulted in a distinctly New England pattern of slavery.