The Impact of Slavery in the Development of Britain’s North American Colonies
In the years 1607 through 1776 slavery had become relatively easy due to the fact that more slaves could easily be purchased because of the triangular trade.The Americans could trade material goods in return for slaves. This was all due to the overwhelming need of cheap labor in the colonies. The existence of slavery impacted the development of Britain’s American Colonies from 1607 to 1776 by providing economic growth, developing social classes, and expanding population. Slavery existed in all the British American colonies. Africans were brought to America to work, with an emphasis on agriculture. In Virginia, most of the slaves brought worked in tobacco fields. Men, women, and children worked from sunup to sundown, with only Sunday to rest. Only having one day of rest was hard considering that most of the kind of work they did was hard, backbreaking work. Some enslaved Africans worked as cooks, laundresses, manservants, blacksmiths, coopers, or in other skilled jobs. While these men and women were generally considered “privileged” compared to field slaves, we must keep in mind that they were still enslaved. More so, they lived and worked every day under the constant watchful eyes of their masters, and had little time for themselves. …show more content…
During the 16th and 17th centuries, Britain had sugar cane, tobacco, cotton, corn, and wheat plantations. One of the many duties slaves had to complete was the converting of the juice from the sugarcane into sugar, molasses, and eventually rum, the most popular alcoholic beverage at the time. In return for their goods, the Americas received African slaves. More than half of the enslaved Africans in the Americas were employed on sugar plantations. Sugar then developed into the leading slave-produced good in the
In the years 1607 through 1776 slavery had become relatively easy due to the fact that more slaves could easily be purchased because of the triangular trade.The Americans could trade material goods in return for slaves. This was all due to the overwhelming need of cheap labor in the colonies. The existence of slavery impacted the development of Britain’s American Colonies from 1607 to 1776 by providing economic growth, developing social classes, and expanding population. Slavery existed in all the British American colonies. Africans were brought to America to work, with an emphasis on agriculture. In Virginia, most of the slaves brought worked in tobacco fields. Men, women, and children worked from sunup to sundown, with only Sunday to rest. Only having one day of rest was hard considering that most of the kind of work they did was hard, backbreaking work. Some enslaved Africans worked as cooks, laundresses, manservants, blacksmiths, coopers, or in other skilled jobs. While these men and women were generally considered “privileged” compared to field slaves, we must keep in mind that they were still enslaved. More so, they lived and worked every day under the constant watchful eyes of their masters, and had little time for themselves. …show more content…
During the 16th and 17th centuries, Britain had sugar cane, tobacco, cotton, corn, and wheat plantations. One of the many duties slaves had to complete was the converting of the juice from the sugarcane into sugar, molasses, and eventually rum, the most popular alcoholic beverage at the time. In return for their goods, the Americas received African slaves. More than half of the enslaved Africans in the Americas were employed on sugar plantations. Sugar then developed into the leading slave-produced good in the