1. Colonial Slavery

3. Some statistics:
About 1 million taken from Africa in 300 years after Columbus
About 400,000 end up in “America”
Out of those, most arrived after 1700
Rest were taken to Spanish and Portuguese South America and West Indies

4. What you should write:
Less than half of Africans removed from their homeland between the late 1400s and late 1700s were brought to the future U.S.
The bulk of these future slaves were brought in the 1700s.
The rest were brought to Spanish and Portuguese colonies as well as the West Indies.

5. Jamestown Africans brought as early as 1619
By 1670, only about 2,000 while overall population was 35,000
In the southern colonies, African slaves made up 7% of the population
People simply could not afford them especially if there was a risk they would die

6. If not slavery, what?

7. Changes in 1680s: Wages rose in England
Colonists scared of “mutinous former servants”
Mid-1680s, black slaves outnumbered white servants in immigrant population

8. Royal African Company First chartered in 1672
1698- lost its crown- granted monopoly
People wanted to make money, trade took off

9. More statistics: 10,000 Africans brought from roughly 1700 to 1710
Continued this trend
By 1750, in VA- 50% of population
SC: outnumbered whites 2 to 1

10. African slaves
Most came from western coast of Africa, especially from Senegal to Angola
Usually captured by African slave traders and sold to flesh merchants on the shores

12. “Middle Passage”
Death rates as high as 20%

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15. Slaves vs. Servants At first, legal distinction was unclear
1662: slave codes
Chattels

16. Slavery
Slavery might have begun in America for economic reasons, but by the end of the seventeenth century, it was clear that racial discrimination also powerfully molded the American slave system.”

17. Africans in different areas
Deep south: died a lot from horrible conditions, had to have more imported
Chesapeake region: slightly easier life
Population began to grow naturally

18. African→ African American
Gullah
Words- goober, gumbo, voodoo
Jazz
Banjo, bongo

19. Other contributions:
Labor
Skilled artisans
Menial tasks

20. Revolts They happened. Slaves were miserable. Period.
1739: Stono Rebellion