Indentured Servants vs. Slaves Sum Dang HIS/110 4-29-2013 Kimberlee Neitz Indentured Servants vs. Slaves There are several differences between slaves and indentured servants. Slaves had no choice about coming over to America and were often kidnapped to be sold as slaves in the America. Indentured servants were individuals who agreed to work without payment for another individual for an amount of time they agreed on, often more than a few years. Indentured servants by law were still free, they had basic civil rights. Often in debt or longing for passage to America would bring people to this kind of agreement.
Slaves were both active and passive about slavery. They did little things (passive) so that the master wouldn't really notice, like breaking tools, or fake being sick, or act like they didn't understand what the master is saying and is wanting them to do. But other slaves were very active. Running away, killing "white men" or masters, setting fire to the field's or homes, and even committing suicide. So some slaves were more active
Report: Slave Codes U.S. History Unit: 4 Lesson: 12 By Bryce Calhoun Question 1: What specific restrictions were placed on slaves? Were the same restrictions placed on free blacks? The laws differed from state to state but generally asserted full rights of control to masters and required full obedience and subservience of slaves, forgave masters for the use of violence against slaves (even rape and murder), and prohibited slaves from learning how to read. Question 2: How did free blacks respond to the slave codes? The reaction of free blacks to slave codes largely depended on where they lived.
Slavery was a topic and an issue between the North and South for many years. Many people in the North felt that slavery was immoral. People in the South felt that slavery was not only right but it was necessary. Slaves were treated very inferior. They often lived in small cabins regardless of how many there were.
Every slave state had its own slave code and body of court decisions. All slave codes made slavery a permanent condition, inherited through the mother, and defined slaves as property, usually in the same terms as those applied to real estate. Slaves, being property, could not own property or be a party to a contract. Since marriage is a form of a contract, no slave marriage had any legal standing. All codes also had sections regulating free blacks, who were still subject to controls on their movements and employment and were often required to leave the state after emancipation.
Question 2 Discuss the differences and similarities between the earlier system of indentured servants and slavery in the British colonies. Generally speaking, slaves appear to be more pitiful than indentured servants. One of the reasons for this is because they are not given freedom even after many years of toil and hard work. They are, therefore, slaves for as long as they live. As such, they literally become the property of their master and have no rights.
There was little communication between the handlers and the cargo. Sign language was used and sometimes the slaves guessed as to what they were supposed to do. The slaves were treated like cattle and the slave traders cared only about profit. As Harms states, the slave traders were taking a bigger risk than one may think. This took place during the age of the Enlightenment and people began to think more scientifically.
American Slavery Many authors and historians have analyzed slavery from only a negative perspective, showing only the extreme cases of poor treatment. Due to the recent discovery of new primary sources about slavery, scholars have been able to reexamine the facts and provide a more accurate depiction of enslaved life. In Peter Kolchin’s book American Slavery, the author uses these new facts to portray slavery in a new light. The primary goal of this novel is to provide the facts about slavery. Other goals that the Kolchin hopes to achieve are the analyzing of the relationship between the slave masters and slaves and to show how slavery has adapted over time.
Anything that was ordered they had to do unless they wanted to be punished. Today’s society is very different. Everyone is treated fairly and have equal rights no matter what race they may be. Basic necessities were not even given to the slaves back in that time. Things like education, food services, medical care, and our right to vote would still be foreign to us if slavery was still around.
Other slave owners were extreme when it came to the abuse they gave their slaves. The slaves could be burtally beaten or whipped when it came to doing the slightest thing wrong. From my understanding it wouldn't take much more that a wrong look from a slave to a slave owner to be brutally punished. Both men and women slaves were equal, in the meaning that neither one had any more power than the other when it came to slavery. Husband's could not protect their wives or children from any kind of