1. Slavery in the Chesapeake Region
The intermediary role that creoles played in the translation of one culture to another is crucial to the growth of the African slave trade in the Chesapeake. ... Towards the end of the 17th century, an increasing reliance on labor-intensive cultivation of cash crops in the Chesapeake and extensive importation of slave labor directly from Africa, shaped slavery in the Plantation generation. ... During this time, due to a labor shortage, the slave trade intensified as Europeans moved deeper and deeper into Africa. As the numbers of European servants decreased, the number of slaves from Africa i...
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