Slavery in Colonial America
British, French, and Dutch ships all participated
British would eventually fight the institution of slavery
Products and people would go all ways in the Triangular Trade
Massachussetts would most prminently protest the idea of slavery but change would come slowly
The demand for cash crops in coloniall America grew, so did the practice of slavery
Chesapeake region - tobacco
South Carolina - ndigo and rice
Slaveyr was practiced in all of the AMerican colonies
Concentrated in Southern plantations
African culture was more preseved in the South Colonies (Gullah Geechee)
16-40s-1660s laws were created to codify slavery and to limit the rights of slaves (Ie Virginia Slave Codes)
British, French, and Dutch ships all participated
British would eventually fight the institution of slavery
Products and people would go all ways in the Triangular Trade
Massachussetts would most prminently protest the idea of slavery but change would come slowly
The demand for cash crops in coloniall America grew, so did the practice of slavery
Chesapeake region - tobacco
South Carolina - ndigo and rice
Slaveyr was practiced in all of the AMerican colonies
Concentrated in Southern plantations
African culture was more preseved in the South Colonies (Gullah Geechee)
16-40s-1660s laws were created to codify slavery and to limit the rights of slaves (Ie Virginia Slave Codes)
