1. Slavery, Slaughter, & Subjugation  Long American tradition of treating anyone who is not white and not male not very well  The fortunes of white servants are directly tied to that of Native Americans and black slaves  From the subjugation of other whites through the slaughter of Natives to the horror slavery, the outcome was never guaranteed  FORMING THE SYSTEM OF SLAVERY WAS A DELIBERATE CHOICE

2. The Mixing of Cultures

3. Differences Over Land Ownership

4. Spanish Barbarism vs. English Civility  ENGLISH TREATMENT OF INDIANS WAS JUSTIFIED AS A REACTION TO THE HORRORS OF SPANISH CATHOLICISM

5. King Philip’s War (1675-1676) King Philip (a.k.a. Metacomet)  King Philip came dangerously close to driving all settlers back into the sea!!!

6. The Jamestown Settlers Jamestown settlers thought they had FOUR really good excuses to not work

7. The Jamestown Settlers Jamestown settlers thought they had FOUR really good excuses to not work 1) Claimed the Indians did not have to work for a living

8. The Jamestown Settlers Jamestown settlers thought they had FOUR really good excuses to not work 1) Claimed the Indians did not have to work for a living 2) Thought the Indians would do the work for them

9. The Jamestown Settlers Jamestown settlers thought they had FOUR really good excuses to not work 1) Claimed the Indians did not have to work for a living 2) Thought the Indians would do the work for them 3) Most people in Virginia were of the elite class

10. The Jamestown Settlers Jamestown settlers thought they had FOUR really good excuses to not work 1) Claimed the Indians did not have to work for a living 2) Thought the Indians would do the work for them 3) Most people in Virginia were of the elite class 4) Lower-classes were used to under- employment

11. Indentured Servants

12. The Balance Shifts… Instead of dying, servants started surviving to become competitors Elite merchants and established farmers owned the good coastal land This forced the newly freed servants inland towards uncultivated plots They were closer to Indians and further from colonial defenses

13. Bacon’s Rebellion Francis Bacon William Berkeley

14. It was a CHOICE… Farmers CHOSE not to enslave Indians Farmers CHOSE not to enslave Indians Merchants CHOSE to cut back on indentured servants Merchants CHOSE to cut back on indentured servants Southern planters CHOSE to buy more black slaves because it was simply cost effective Southern planters CHOSE to buy more black slaves because it was simply cost effective

15. Changing the Rules…

16. Slavery as an Institution