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Slavery in New England Colonies

• By Claire Cantiller,
• Ana Ceja,
• Jamie Renz

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Table of Contents

• Slavery
• Slave Population
• African Americans
• Pictures
• Conclusion

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Slavery

• In the 1600s, New England colonies grew rapidly.
• Most African Americans in Connecticut were
  indentured servants, who served their master from
  four to seven years.
• There were only 30 slaves in Connecticut in 1680.

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Slave Population

• There was a large concentration of slavery in the
  north in southern Rhode Island, New Jersey,
  Connecticut, and Long Island.
• They were generally engaged in farming--tending
  to crops and livestock or were employed as
  household servants.
• Connecticut and Rhode Island were the last New
  England states to bring an end to slavery within
  its borders.

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African Americans

• The first African immigrants to Englands North
  American colonies arrived in Virginia in 1619.
• The black population had grown and colonial laws
  recognized a new sort of bondage based upon race
  chattel slavery.
• Slavery existed throughout the colonies before
  the American Revolution.

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Pictures
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Conclusion

• The low number of people living in slavery in the
  New England colonies was not due to antislavery
  sentiments.
• Rather, economic, social, and geographic
  conditions resulted in a distinctly New England
  pattern of slavery.