1. John M. Sacher University of Central Florida jsacher@mail.ucf.edu
The Origins of Slavery
John M. Sacher
University of Central Florida

2. The American Colonies

3. Jamestown (1607)

4. John Rolfe

5. Harvesting Tobacco Jamestown (1650)

6. Bacon’s Rebellion

7. Virginia’s Colonial Population
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8. Hugh Davis (1630)
Hugh Davis to be soundly whipped, before an assembly of Negroes and others for abusing himself to the dishonor of God and shame of Christians, by defiling his body in lying with a negro; which fault he is to acknowledge next Sabbath day.

9. Status of children (1661)
WHEREAS some doubts have arisen whether children got by any Englishman upon a negro woman should be slave or free, Be it therefore enacted and declared by this present grand assembly, that all children borne in this country shall be held bond or free only according to the condition of the mother . . .

10. Barbados

11. Barbados—Sugar Cane

12. Indigo

13. African Slavery Established (1680)
“These two words, Negro and slave, by custom grown Homogenous and Convertible; even as Negro and Christian, Englishman and Heathen, are made Opposites.”

14. Slave Trade

15. Some comparative figures….
To United States
To ,000
,000
French & Spanish
Territories ,000
Illegal ,000
430,000
million, million in US
To Saint Domingue: Total 860,000
Alive 1791=480,000

16. Slave Population 1750 Societies with slaves vs. Slave societies
New England Colonies (NH, Mass, RI, Ct)
White 349,029
Slave 10,982 (3.1%)
Middle Colonies (NY, NJ, Pa)
White 248,515
Slave 19,240 (7.2%)
Chesapeake (Del, Md, Va, NC)
White 307,596
Slave 166,198 (35.1%)
Lower South (SC, Ga)
White 29,200
Slave 40,000 (57.8%)

17. Punishments

19. Stono Rebellion (1739)