Read: Race and Coerced Labor I – How did People Become Property
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- Answer the following questions on Blackboard:
Key Ideas – Understanding Content
- What was the legal status of enslaved people of African descent in the Americas?
- How did this legal status impact enslaved people’s experiences?
- What information does the advertisement announcing the escape of an enslaved person in Jamaica give us about the person named York?
- How did laws and beliefs around race impact enslaved people and free people of color?
- What information do the articles from the French Code Noir give us about the way race worked in the French colonies in the Americas?
Evaluating and Corroborating
- Using the evidence in this article, write a definition of “slavery” that fits the time and place described in the article.
- Under the system of slavery in the Americas, what kinds of communities do you think enslaved people could form? What challenges might they have faced in forming communities?