They had it bad, but it was much worse for the kidnapped slaves. The slaves were thought of nothing more than animals and were treated as such. They were kidnapped out of their villages by the white man and even by other Africans. They were crammed into the ships and many died even before arriving to the New World. Those were the lucky ones, most would say. The slaves were treated as the indentured servants, but they were never going to earn their freedom. They could be bought, sold and traded just as they did with livestock. The need was so great for labor in the New World, due to the demand of the goods Britain desired and the need to cultivate the land and harvest the farms, that slaves became a necessity to most everyone. As the need rose for more trade with Britain so did the need for slaves. The purchase and treatment of slaves was approved by the Royal Crown and enforced by the Colonial Elites who were in charge of ensuring that the colonies ran like a well-oiled machine and that order was maintained within all off the …show more content…
They typically had slaves and indentured servants, but they also had to obey the class above them and eventually they began to disagree with what the elites were doing and unrest started within their class as well. Life for the middle class was much better than the poor, but they still had to struggle with what??? The middle class had worked hard for what they had and they wanted to be free from the rule of Britain and what they did not like was how friendly the British were with the Indians and this caused Nathanial Bacon to take up a revolt for the