The change in Slavery

What was ancient slavery based on?

Religion, status, capture during war, and debt peonage

Racial slavery was because of:

Skin color

Did the emancipation proclamation grant freedom to all enslaved African Americans?

No, only applied to those in states of rebellion. Freedom only came after the 13th amendment in 1865.

Terrible Transformation (1619-1865)

Class based to race based caste system

Early colonial period caste system

Landless/indentured european servants and enslaved africans on the bottom, farmers white and black in the middle, and elite planters white and black at the top.

Late colonial period to emancipation - caste system

Free AND enslaved African Americans on the bottom, and white planters, yeoman farmers, and landless poor on the top. KEY - Only black people were on the bottom of the pyramid.

What caused the shift to the race based caste system?

Bacon’s rebellion

History of race - Who tried to categorize race?

A German scientist named Johann Friedrich Blumenbach in 1776

What 5 groups did Johann Friedrich Blumenbach come up with in 1776?

Caucasian, mongolian, malayan, Ethiopian, American

How did political priority affect what race you were?

You were recategorized based on what was politically expedient for White people based on political priority. EX. You could be Mexican and considered white before the priority became immigration but once immigration was the priority, you were considered non white.

Race in America was socially constructed, true or false?

True

One drop rule

Said that if someone even had one drop of “blackhood” in their ancestry, theyre black.

System was used to maintain

Slavery and the population of slaves

Is this only in the US?

Yes