Indentured Servitude to Slavery
Today I’ll be talking about indentured to slavery. I will be talking about how they are similar, how they are different, how both of them originate, and who was affected by them. And what I think is they are different in some cases. I have learned a lot about this topic. I hope you enjoy reading the paper.
So the first thing we're going to talk about is there is there similarities. Indentured servants were to serve 7 years, but often they left before they finished their time, sometimes the servant and slaves blend in with each other so it would make it hard for the owner to find their servant or slave. Most times any person that was black was usually a slave and needed a pass to leave the plantation just like servants. Since slaves had to work for they’re entire life that kind of happens to servants. So let’s say it’s past 7 years and it’s time for the servant to go. Do you know …show more content…
First we’re going to talk about slavery. Africans family traditions, which varied according to their national country and religion, could not be replicated in the new world after Africans were forced into slavery. The slave trade was responsible for breaking up African families. Husbands, wives, and children could be sold separately because U.S. law did not legally recognize their families. Now we’re going to talk about who affected indentured servitude. Before civil war and indentured servants were considered personal property and their descendants could be sold or inherited like any other personality. One of the places we have the clearest views of “terrible transformation” is the colony of Virginia. In the earliest years of the colony, many Africans and poor whites were most of the laborers came from the English class, and stood on the same ground. Black and white woman worked side-by-side in the fields. Black and white men who broke their servant contract were equally
Today I’ll be talking about indentured to slavery. I will be talking about how they are similar, how they are different, how both of them originate, and who was affected by them. And what I think is they are different in some cases. I have learned a lot about this topic. I hope you enjoy reading the paper.
So the first thing we're going to talk about is there is there similarities. Indentured servants were to serve 7 years, but often they left before they finished their time, sometimes the servant and slaves blend in with each other so it would make it hard for the owner to find their servant or slave. Most times any person that was black was usually a slave and needed a pass to leave the plantation just like servants. Since slaves had to work for they’re entire life that kind of happens to servants. So let’s say it’s past 7 years and it’s time for the servant to go. Do you know …show more content…
First we’re going to talk about slavery. Africans family traditions, which varied according to their national country and religion, could not be replicated in the new world after Africans were forced into slavery. The slave trade was responsible for breaking up African families. Husbands, wives, and children could be sold separately because U.S. law did not legally recognize their families. Now we’re going to talk about who affected indentured servitude. Before civil war and indentured servants were considered personal property and their descendants could be sold or inherited like any other personality. One of the places we have the clearest views of “terrible transformation” is the colony of Virginia. In the earliest years of the colony, many Africans and poor whites were most of the laborers came from the English class, and stood on the same ground. Black and white woman worked side-by-side in the fields. Black and white men who broke their servant contract were equally