The years following 1783, welcomed an America free of British rule and taxation - an isolated America with few enemies and vast natural resources. The Treaty of Paris entitled America to large new land masses as well as rivers and fresh water lakes. ... Exploration, fisheries, mining and plantations quickly fueled the success of white entrepreneurial colonists formerly held back by British law. ... Native Americans, many of whom sided with the British in hopes of stopping colonial expansion onto native land, had large tribal territories relinquished to the newly formed United States after the...

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Robert Beverley's "The History and Present State of Virginia"," is important to the study of the origins of slavery as the first published history of a British colony by a native of North America. It is unique in its provision of information on early life in colonial Virginia, and could provide useful testimony from his access to official records as an authoritative figure. Beverley had accumulated much influence and wealth as the owner of a prominent plantation, and as a government official representing Virginia in England. ... The ignorance and prejudice he encountered in England motiva...

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By the time of president Thomas Jefferson's death in 1826, slavery had taken a dramatic course in American society. ... Some families had become detached from one another because of the slave trade between plantation owners. ... Second, the so-called "plantation revolution" not only increased the size of plantations, but made them increasingly more productive and efficient economic contributors. ... During the early colonial period, many planters resisted to adhering to the idea of converting slaves to Christianity out of a fear that the act of a baptism would change a slave's legal ...

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African Americans were enslaved on small farms, large plantations, inside homes, in the fields, and in manufacturing. ... Genovese discusses how enslaved people created community within the "plantation setting". ... In effort to further determine the differences among the social classes, Genovese describes how legal codes gradually made racism the official policy of the colonial governments. ... In some cases, young children of both races played together on farms and plantations. African American children might also become attached to white caretakers, such as the mistress, and white children ...

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The struggle between state and federal government is a large part of American history. ... This was resulting in each state passing its old slave code, which applied to African Americans. ... The amendment's most important provision, was to defined an American citizen as anyone born in the United States or naturalized, thereby automatically making African Americans citizens. ... Slavery had been a part of life in America since the early colonial period and became more acceptable in the South than in the North. Southern planters relied on slaves to run larger farms or plantations and make ...

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Thomas Jefferson: The Man, the Myth, and the Morality Slavery in America was created since the new world was first discovered. ... Discuss in details the origins and use of slave in America. ... Africans were the perfect choice of slave to farm in colonial American, because slavery had already existed in Africa. ... Women usually worked in the home, cooking and cleaning, whereas men were sent out into the plantations to farm. ... In colonial times, girls were married off between the age of 13 and 16 years old; it was not considered an abuse like it is today. ...

• Word Count: 1502
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Many plantations at that time were very dependent on slaves, and the vast amount of wealth, produced by using slaves as a source of labor, overweight the moral objections that some people had. ... It claims that the colonists had "riches in goods and Christian slaves" (American par. 3). ... By deeply analyzing these historical events, one might say that the slave rebellions did not achieve a great success in colonial America since they did not eventually get their freedom. ... And in the article from American Weekly Mercury, it states: "this kingdom has really amused us enough...

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This division between the two regions began in colonial times and resulted from geographical differences. ... Due to heavy reliance on agriculture, many plantations were started and therefore, black slaves were brought in from Africa to provide labor. ... These differences in economic views and lifestyles had contributed to separation between the North and South since colonial times and were a main cause that led the inevitable war. ... Dred Scott, an African American who was born a slave but had lived on free soil for four years, tried to sue his master for not granting him freedom (Document ...

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Once in the new world and on the plantations Africans had to deal with the continual pressures of enslavement and dominance from another culture. ... Enslaved African Americans developed a sense of racial identity. ... Yet through, storytelling, religion and music African Americans managed to preserve their culture. ... Spirituals - Were a genre of religious folk song founded in American black and white musical traditions. ... In the colonial period, African slaves usually clung to their native religions, and many slave owners were suspicious of others who sought to convert their slaves to ...

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Throughout the years, slavery has played a dominant role within the Cherokee Nation, inevitably affecting thousands of African Americans, American Indians, and Europeans alike. ... Before Europeans journeyed to North America and brought African slaves with them, Africans and Native Americans actually had a lot in common. ... Although African American slaves were now introduced to Native American communities, they still used their own prisoners of war as slaves as well. ... Benjamin Hawkins, who was the Superintendent of the tribes south of the Ohio River at the time, strongly and forcefully en...

• Word Count: 2752
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate