Slavery in America grew to meet labor needs as indentured servants became unreliable. Enslaved Africans were captured through bartering and kidnapping in their homelands, experiencing brutal multi-month journeys to America where they were auctioned off and forced into plantation labor under growing legal restrictions. While some gained freedom by escaping or fighting for the British in the Revolutionary War, the slave population and anti-black racism expanded dramatically, establishing a system of racial segregation and control over nearly two centuries.

1. Slavery in America (1700-1770) Rachel Cooperrider

3. Indentured servants no longer reliable

4. The establishment of the Royal African Company in 1672

6. Kidnapping

7. Journey back to the coast would take up to two months

8. Branding slaves before travel

10. Kept below deck with no fresh air

11. Threw sick slaves overboard

12. More than 1 in 4 captives died along the way

14. Inspection of teeth, underarms and genitals

15. Young men and women most valuable

16. Total journey from Africa to New World plantation took six months

18. Family life unpredictable

19. Slaves outnumbered colonists in South

22. Worked on small farms or in the cities

24. Interracial marriage is forbidden

25. Marriage and literacy outlawed

26. Overtime free blacks lost right to employ, hold office, bear arms, strike

28. Run away to swamps and mountains

29. Georgia set up to prevent runaways

30. Native Americans were given bounties for runaway slaves

32. Group of slaves stole firearms

33. Plan to go to Spanish Florida

34. Marched from house to house murdering slave owners and families

35. After 30 miles, the group was met by militias

38. Between 1680 and 1700 the transportation of slaves on an English ship rose from 5,000 to 20,000

39. By 1750, African Americans were 4/5ths of the population

40. In 1755, 80% of black population was mixed racial

41. 95% of colonial African slaves remained slaves for life

43. Those who fought on American side were in the line of fire

44. Those who fought on British side were doing manual labor

46. Status was one of uncertainty

48. More racism

49. Caste-like system of segregation

50. Economic expansion

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