Slavery in Colonial and Antebellum America
Published on Feb 04, 2016
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Slavery in Colonial and Antebellum America
By: Hailey Sylvander
Photo by national museum of american history
Jamestown, VA
The very first slaves in the colonies brought over from Africa landed in Jamestown in 1619.
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THE INDENTURED SERVANTS IN AMERICA NO LONGER WANTED TO DO THE WORK ANYMORE
Why them?
Photo by Allen Gathman
Bacon's Rebellion 1676
Bacon and his followers burn down Jamestown as a rebellion against indentured servitude. Slaves are now the main focus.
Tobacco thrived
The more tobacco Virginia had growing, the more slaves they needed. As a result, more and more slaves were brought over.
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South Carolina
While Virginia needed slaves for tobacco, South Carolina needed slaves for rice cultivation.
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Cotton in Georgia
Cotton came next, and it would be the strongest magnate to attract black slaves.
Photo by hellodan
Treatment
The slaves in the South experiened horrendous treament such as brutal beatings, and the splitting of slave families.
Slave Culture
Slaves formed their own culture through language, religion, and dance. Their culture represented their enslavement and their struggles.
Black worship
was based on the idea of "freedom from bondage". They religion was a mix of Christianity and African polytheistic religions.
The Responses
1774-1804
Northern states no longer has slavery
1808
Slave trade is banned in the united states
1831 - Turner's Rebellion
A group of slaves rise up against the slaveholders and kill many people. This was driven by their enslavement.
1839 - Amistad
The slaves being taken from Cuba to America took over the Amistad and killed the slaveholders onboard.
Abolitionist movement
This movement, which started in the 1830s, advocated for the abolishment of slavery in the United States.. one great ABOLITIONISTS was frederick douglass, shown here.
Photo by moosevlt
Works cited
- Haiku Deck Images
- Google images: public domain
