Slave Workers In Colonial America

In the 1620’s to 1650’s 13 British colonies in North America depend on slave workers. Slaves were being sold to the colonies since 1619. Slavery did not make up most of the labor until the late 17th century. Africans arrived at Jamestown, Virginia in 1619 as they were originally headed to Mexico. African slaves began to work alongside the white indentured servants who performed most of the labor. The vast majority of slaves were in the West Indies and the coast of Brazil growing and producing sugar. The southern colonies were booming in exporting tobacco in Chesapeake. Once around the American Revolution slavery has grown dramatically, they helped grow the economic foundation of the United States. In the early 17th century, settlers turned to African slaves as a cheaper alternative to indentured servants. Slaves spread throughout the …show more content…
This would come to as a lie to most slaves because after the war they remained the property of their owners. Also during the Revolutionary War Lord Dunmore of the British governor proclaimed the Dunmore Proclamation, which freed any slave who owned by Americans who escaped and fought with the British, they would also be given land and self-government. The only catch was that it only applied to rebel owners and not loyalists. This led to some slaves starting small bands who victimized their previous owners and raided villages and towns. Slaves who did fight for the British after the war were in new land such as Canada, England and Australia but were still treated as slaves. After the war some owners freed their slaves because they saw that they were fighting for their freedom from the British so they felt terrible about having slaves themselves. Slavery came to the forefront with equality and liberty. These ideas challenged human inequality. With the growth of black population, whites began to have racial animosities throughout the