Earlier readings in this course have addressed the transplanting of a labor system to the Americas that has existed throughout history. Because of its contractual nature which included a fixed time for ending their servitude, it is easy to forget that indentured servants were in fact slaves. Indentured servitude will start to wain in the late seventeenth century, but only the nature of slavery will change; the status of Africans will become one of lifelong servitude. Although the tendency is to equate slavery with the South, the fact is that until the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment, slaves could be found in the United States out.
After you have completed your reading, post your answers to only ONE of the following questions.
Explain why African slavery took root in the North American colonies.
Although it prevailed in all of the British colonies, why was slavery concentrated in the colonies located in the “South” and not in the “North”?
Indentured servitude was not really slavery! Agree or disagree with this statement. Support your position with facts.
