African American Colonization In The Early South

Colonization in the early American south was developed through a deeply rooted and complex system of cultural relations. Although often thought of as simple, the colonization of what would eventually become the United States south, was an elaborate and intricate process like that of any other region. The true impact of many of the cultures involved have gone unrecognized. However, it was these unrecognized groups whose societies, choices, and interactions laid the ground work for economic and social progression in the colonization of the early south. Not commonly known is the fact that there were numerous culture groups of the early south, including countless Native American tribes and nations, European colonists from France and England and Spain, as well as eclectic African slaves.
In the early 1730’s the Native American population was estimated to be around 30,000 in the lower Mississippi Valley alone, making the …show more content…
In addition, they were seen as being below them as far as race classes were concerned because of their skin color and lack of European educations. Furthermore, both the Native American and African societies were viewed by European colonists as being more primitive and crude than European societies. One major difference between Native Americans and African Americans was that the Native Americans were free for the most part although sometimes forced into slavery, but most African Americans were not free and only an extremely small percentage of African Americans were. Another difference between the Native Americans and the slaves are that when Europeans came to North America they discovered Native Americans were here, however in the case of African slaves the Europeans took them from their homeland and shipped them to the