Slavery in the Americas & Chapter 5 Flashcard

Front

After their contract was served, what were indentured servants most likely to do?

Back

Work for wages, buy property, and or start their own farms and bring over their own indentured servants

Front

What is shown in the image on the left side of the page?

Back

A certificate of indenture for a servant

Front

Before enslaving Africans, whom did the Spanish attempt to use as labor in their colonies?

Back

Indigenous people

Front

Why did Bartolome de las Casas believe Africans would be better laborers than Indigenous people?

Back

They already knew how to plant

Front

In what year were the first African slaves brought to Jamestown?

Back

1619

Front

Approximately what percentage of slaves died during the voyage to America on the Middle Passage?

Back

20%

Front

The system by which enslaved people were brought to the Americas was part of a larger system known as:

Back

Triangular Trade

Front

David Walker believed that the only way to destroy slavery was:

Back

A violent uprising

Front

In addition to physical punishment, slave owners used what means to control enslaved people?

Back

psychological control, including brainwashing as well as being kept illiterate

Front

In addition to working on plantations, enslaved people could be: shop owners, fishermen, factory workers, supervisors.

Back

factory workers