Summary: The Evolution Of Indentured Servants

No matter what race you are or what skin color you possess if you dig down deep enough into your family tree, you will find that at least one or more of your ancestors were enslaved. Slavery wasn't always a racial consequence it was more dealt on who had the superior hand. Also it depended on your environment and local economy. In the north they had fewer slaves because it was more cities than open land and in the south they had a lot more like because most were Westfield hands on plantation workers.The institution of slavery was caused by the evolution of indentured servants. After the Jamestown settlement in 1607 indentured servants were developed.Indentured servants are temporary slaves that work in exchange for transportation to the New World.They typically work 3 to 7 years and were freed after their time served but many didn't survive.The first African slaves were brought to Jamestown by Dutch traitors in 1619. After Nathaniel Bacon's rebellion in 1616, planters started to rely more on slaves instead of indentured servants. In the first document, the chart shows how over time the number of indentured servants decreased and the number of slaves increased. Indentured servants became too expensive for many people to afford, so the demand for African slaves increased.They were more permanent and the color difference made …show more content…
As long as there were children to replace the slaves that have died, slavery was still able to develop and evolve. In document three , it states “I, Capt. Francis Pott, have taken to service two daughters of my Negro, Emanuell Dregis. The one whose name is Elizabeth is to serve thirteen years which will be complete and ended in the first part of March, 1658.”. Just like indentured servants, the children would be allowed freedom if they make it full term of their service. In which they would eventually have kids of their own and the cycle would