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17 Th Century Indentured Servitude
438 wordsEven as Europeans staked their claims to the lands of the Americas, discoveries forced Europe's intellectuals to rethink the geographical, cosmo graphical, and spatial categories in which they had conceived of their world. Print helped to diffuse these novel concepts, although it also sustained older traditions of picturing lands and their inhabitants. Nevertheless, by the 16 th century, the new geographies created by Europeans had begun to attain wide circulation. Slavery was caused by economic...
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Amount Of Time Indentured Servants
1,760 wordsDuring the 17 th and 18 th centuries, countless numbers of immigrants, mostly from Europe, sold themselves into bondage in exchange for passage to America. When in America they were called indentured servants, and would work for the person who brought them over for a predetermined amount of time, in order to pay for their passage. The amount of time a servant was bound for was stated in the contract that they all had to sign, and was usually from four to seven years, depending on the age, sex, a...
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Food And Water Indentured Servants
891 wordsFor the indentured servants and slaves their time in America was a grueling struggle. They had to cope with the problems that presented itself through the voyage to America, and a life of misery. Their stories though are very similar in that they didnt have enough food and clothing and were extremely unhappy with their lifestyles. The trip to America was the biggest similarity shared by the indentured servants and slaves. From the writings expressed in America Through The Eyes of Its People the ...
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Amount Of Time Indentured Servants
1,830 wordsDuring the 17 th and 18 th centuries, countless numbers of immigrants, mostly from Europe, sold themselves into bondage in exchange for passage to America. When in America they were called indentured servants, and would work for the person who brought them over for a predetermined amount of time, in order to pay for their passage. The amount of time a servant was bound for was stated in the contract that they all had to sign, and was usually from four to seven years, depending on the age, sex, a...
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17 Th Century 18 Th Century
1,061 wordsRacism: The Precedent to Slavery in North America In tracing the origins of slavery or racism in either sense, one must keep in mind that neither is an event or circumstance that occurred in North America in the 17 th through 19 th centuries. We must examine slavery as an institution and racism as a mentality defined by the oppressor, independent to the oppressed. Europeans who came to North America in the 17 th century were predisposed to the institution of slavery. Slavery had long since been ...
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Hundreds Of Years Indentured Servants
1,001 wordsTransition Between Indentured Servitude and Slavery The development of the New World colonies was established through the use of both indentured servants and slavery. In the beginning of colonization, indentured servants were the primary source of labor for the early settlements. The growth of the New World led to an increase in demand for cheap and efficient labor. As the number of indentured servants diminished, the slave trade began to flourish. The trading of slaves endured for hundreds of y...
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