Slavery in the British Colonies [Additional Flashcard]

Jamestown, VA

The first permanent English settlement in 1607.

Jamestown in 1619

The first Africans arrive at Jamestown and could not be enslaved for life because they were Baptized.

William Tucker

The first black child born in the colonies.

John Punch

Technically, the first slave.

Define Slaves from Virginia Laws

Strangers, outsiders, alien, foreign, unknowable, “African,” “non-American.”

Bacon’s Rebellion

An uprising on the restrictive land policies of Virginia led by Nathaniel Bacon.

Miscegenation

Interracial sexual contacts.

Creolization

The producing of African American children from African parents.

Mulattoes

Children of miscegenation, biracial parentage.

Slave Societies vs. Societies with Slaves

Contrast legal structures, social hierarchies, and labor experiences for enslaved Africans.

Slave Societies

The practice or threat of violence served to punish resistance, prevent rebellions, and maintain the master-slave power structure.

Societies with Slaves

Slaveholders could treat enslaved people brutally precisely because they were marginal to their economic needs.

Resistance

Procrastination, sabotage, escape and rebellion.

Outliers

Remain closely and raid the plantation at night.

Maroons

Established communities on the frontier.

Rebellions

More common in Jamaica and Brazil, were more frequent in area where blacks outnumbered whites.

Stono Rebellion

Took place near Charleston, SC, led by an Angolan named Jemmy, and were attempting to go to Spanish, FL.

Fort Mose

The only known free black town in the present-day southern United States that a European colonial government sponsored.

New England

Attempted to give the enslaved rights and freedom after 10 years.

French America

Encouraged British slaves to escape to Florida, where they could convert to Catholicism and become a Spanish citizen.

New Spain, First Period

African slaves accompanied Spanish invaders and conquistadors as companions and servants

New Spain, Second Period

Disease and rigors of the Spanish labor system led to the rapid decline of indigenous populations, and the introduction and acceleration of African slavery.

New Spain, Third Period

Experience a decline of the enslavement trade in African people and the enslaved Black population.