Slavery: An American History

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Slavery mandates as far back when blacks worked in the households of their whiter slave owners. Blacks were treated as property, owned, bought and sold accordingly. The population of slaves continued to vary because of the continuous slave trading that lasted for years. For example, the slave population increased from 20,000 to more than 80,000 between 1660 and 1670 Foner, Eric. "Slavery in the West Indies." An American History "Give Me Liberty! 4th ed. Vol. 1. N.p.: n.p., n.d. 82. Print. There was a demand for workers due to the tobacco cultivation which meant more slaves be traded to go work. It was during the seventeenth century that the shipping of slaves became very popular and made into a business amongst other countries. It was in…show more content…
Fifty years later, they made up nearly half Foner, Eric. “A Slave Society.” An American History “Give Me Liberty! 4th ed. Vol. 1. N.p.: n.p., n.d. 85. Print. The black population varied for example “as late as 1680 there were only 4,500 blacks in the Chesapeake, a little over 5 percent of the region’s population Foner, Eric.”Slavery in the West Indies." An American History "Give Me Liberty! 4th ed. Vol. 1. N.p.: n.p., n.d. 82. Print. By the 1700s the slave population grew tremendously. The slave population continued to expand by 1770, due to the natural reproduction of the slave population, around one-fifth of the estimated 2.3 million persons living in the English colonies of North America were Africans and their descendants Foner, Eric. "The Middle Passage." An American History "Give Me Liberty! 4th ed. Vol. 1. N.p.: n.p., n.d. 109. Print. Chesapeake slavery by the mid 18tth century had the “largest and oldest plantation system of with more than 270,000 slave resided in 1770, nearly half of the region’s population Foner, Eric. “Chesapeake Slavery." An American History "Give Me Liberty! 4th ed. Vol. 1. N.p.: n.p., n.d. 109.…show more content…
It was slavery that eventually shaped Chesapeake. During the time of the rice plantations which was 1770s, the number of South Carolina slaves reached 100,000 well over half the colony’s population Foner, Eric. "The Rice Kingdom." An American History "Give Me Liberty! 4th ed. Vol. 1. N.p.: n.p., n.d. 111. Print. Although the black population didn’t have freedom, they made up the majority of the population. Slavery in the North was also populated with black slaves. For example “ in 1746 its 2,400 slaves amounted to one-fifth of New York’s total populations and in 1770, about 27,000 slaves lived in New York and New Jersey, 10 percent of their population Foner, Eric. "Slavery in the North." An American History "Give Me Liberty! 4th ed. Vol. 1. N.p.: n.p., n.d. 112. Print. It was by the mid- eighteenth century when the black population began to disperse. This was due to the reduction in smaller sized plantations which meant fewer black slaves needed for the plantation. The black population was adapting more and more to the white culture. For example, they soon learned English, and many were swept up in the religious revivals known as the Great Awakening Foner, Eric. “African-American Cultures." An American History "Give Me Liberty!
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