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Prompt: Evaluate the validity of the following statement: Between the establishment of Jamestown and the conclusion of the

Civil War, African slavery has been a constant source of conflict and political tension in America. A. Thesis: Slavery in North America from colonial Jamestown was an on going issue that caused conflict and tension between groups of people until it eventually sparked the Civil War. African slavery first began as a system of indentured servitude, but evolved into an industry of racism as time went on. B. First indentured servants in colonial America 1. First African indentured servants arrived in Jamestown, Virginia in 1619 2. Indentured servants: worked under contract for a fixed period of time a. won freedom by fulfilling work or converting to Christianity 1. had few rights and families were usually kept together. 2. Paid wages 3. Not all were African, English settles thought they had the right to capture anyone who was non Christian to indentured servitude in order to convert them and some were poor settlers seeking work. A. From indentured servants to slaves

1. Less people were willing to be indentured servants because colonization was dying down a. slaves were shipped because of growing need for free labor. 2. Freed indentured servants became a threat because they were free and idle. a. BACONS REBELLION: group of former indentured servants led by Nathaniel Bacon who were free/idle and rebelled against the new servant policies. They attacked settlements and burned down Jamestown. This was the beginning of slavery because slavery put an end to free indentured servants and rebellion. 4. Why African slavery? a. their skin color clearly set them apart from whites in the colonies. clear distinction from slaves and nonslaves b. growing diversity caused tension between blacks and whites, whites began to think of themselves as elite and blacks as lower class. A. Anti-Slave movements 1. slavery goes against human rights= unconstitutional a. Argument: everyone deserves human rights regardless of color according to constitution VS. blacks are not human, they dont deserve human rights.

2. northerners did not have a need for slavery because of poor growing season 1. Abolitionists began to protest/campaign against slavery 2. Railroads made it easier for anti-slavery movements to spread. a. More people became aware and against slavery i. different opinions caused a split between Union (North) and Confederacy (South) when Lincoln became president, Lincoln did not want a split between slave states and non slave states CIVIL WAR A. Civil War 1. began as a war of secession but evolved to a war of slavery a. confederacy wanted slavery while union did not 1. during the war, slaves ran to union lines and helped the union fight for their freedom 2. EMANCIPATION PROCLAIMATON: freed slaves in states that seceded from the Union, not border states. 3. Union won the war a. this did not end slavery, however, established that the slave

states in the South were no longer able to retain and protect the institution of slavery.

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