They depended on slave labor for economic stability. Without the slaves many whites believed they were not able or should be doing the backbreaking labor. The plantation owners also needed the support of the slaves in all areas of their lives such as: cooks, housecleaners, nannies and chauffeurs. The possibility of life without the slaves was devastating. Slaves were the support system of their owners.
Indentured servants and slaves were not allowed to vote under any circumstances unless released by their masters. Unlike indentured servants, slaves had no rights unless they were released and then could have any rights of the normal citizen. The nature of slavery was really no different than the nature of indentured servant. The businessmen of the colonies needed labor. They saw both slaves and indentured servants as property and could abuse that power as they saw fit.
While many disregard this system as cruel and unfair, in reality it helped to shape America as it is today. Without the help of this system, economies would not be as developed as they are now. Unfree labor played a very important role in shaping the economy and society of colonial American through the use of indentured servants and slavery. The system of temporary servitude in the New World was established out of practices used in New England. In short, indentured servants were mainly poor British people without jobs.
Brookes slave ship My name is Richard Brooks captian of my dear “Brookes”. It was my duty to successfully make the passage from Once the slaves were taken to the ship, the were shackled in pairs and packed into the small amount of room available on the ship. Although the conditions were extremely harsh, the captains of slave ships tried to deliver as many healthy slaves for as little cost as possible. Some captains used a system called loose packing to deliver slaves. Under that system, captains transported fewer slaves than their ships could carry in the hope of reducing sickness and death among them.
Some African Americans were treated as indentured servants that worked to pay off debts, and some African Americans were even slaveholders themselves. Not all African Americans were regarded as slaves and were treated as such. Slaves during the colonial period had to endure harsh treatment such as working in fields from sun up to sun down. They were only provided enough food to keep them healthy enough for work and had to work six to seven days of the week. During early colonization, the Native Americans were either conquered or exploited like the African Americans.
It seems from a broader point of view that the North has gone through so much just for the Southern states of America to exist. It only makes sense that Northern leaders would feel angry and betrayed by hearing that those states that they have worked so hard to establish now want their own sense of independence. At the same time however, the South had more of a need for slaves than the north did. The agricultural part of the South employed slaves to tend the large plantations and perform other duties. Slavery was a natural part of the Southern economy even though very few of the population actually owned slaves.
FEB 6 2014 Slavery and Frontiers Mississippi 1720-1835 Slavery in Mississippi has a very interesting beginning in the state. The indigenous people of the region did practice slavery to some extent. The Native Americans however did not use the same practices of the Europeans. The Europeans maintained slavery for its means of profitability but the native Americans only had slaves as a luxury. The Indians did not really differentiate the Europeans and the slaves that they brought with them to the newly discovered lands.
With such a high percentage of native Africans they were able to keep their ways of their homeland. Slaves tried different ways to escape, very few succeeded. New groups of Africans who typically were from the same region of Africa would escape inland and form Maroon communities, other slaves who had been slaves for longer period of time would fake illness, feigned stupidity and laziness, broke tools, pilfered from storehouses, hid on the woods for weeks or took off to visit other plantations. Some would flee on their own and become skilled laborers such as craft workers, dock laborers, or sailors along the Seaports. During the end of the eighteenth century African American slaves living on large plantations began creating families and communities within the plantations.
Indentured Servitude vs. Slavery James McIntosh HIS-110CA October 13, 2014 David Tarr Indentured Servitude vs. Slavery Indentured servitude and slavery where a staple in American history, there could not have been one if it was not for the other. Indentured servitude paved the way for slavery and eventually both were abolished in America. Indentured servitude was better than slavery because with indentured servitude the servant eventually got what they wanted. Whereas slaves were never able to get what they wanted eventually they did receive what they wanted, their freedom. The following essay will focus on indentured servitude and slavery in seventeenth century British Colonial America.
The cotton economy would collapse, The tobacco crop would dry in the fields, and the rice would cease being profitable. Slaves were a key element in the livelihood of the south. One argument supporters made in defense of slavery was that the crop depended on cheap labor to be profitable. If slavery ceased to exist, plantation owners would be forced to hire from elsewhere in order to maintain their crops. Slaves were considered property, thus they worked for much cheaper than any other hired help would.