A Different Mirror Ch.1-3: Indentured Servitude

• Core Quiz Review is over Ch.1-3, A Different Mirror
• Includes chapter questions, annotations, and discussions

Indentured Servitude

• Indentured servitude is explored in Ch.3 Study Guide and the video "Indentured Servitude"
• Also covered in the reading "Who Were the Colonists?"
• Indentured servants were people under contract to work for another person for a definite period, usually without pay but in exchange for free passage to a new country
• Factors that helped popularize indentured servitude are explored
• Treatment of indentured servants and their eventual outcomes is examined
• Indentured servitude is compared and contrasted with slavery
• Reasons for the decline of indentured servitude are analyzed, and the consequences of its decline are investigated

The Atlantic Slave Trade

• The Atlantic Slave Trade is covered in a video, "The Atlantic Slave Trade"
• Also in "What too few textbooks told you about The Atlantic Slave Trade"
• Also in "Slavery in America Didn't Start in Jamestown in 1619"
• The Atlantic Slave Trade's scope, involved locations, and people are examined
• Its origins and causes are investigated
• The transformation of the trade into a cyclical economic system involving Europe, Africa, and America is explained
• The reasons behind enslavement in Africa, distinguishing between slaves and owners, are identified
• Examination of who initiated the trade in African slaves and the reasons for the demand
• Uses of slaves and who gained from their labor are identified
• Desires of African slave traders and the goods they sought in exchange are specified
• Exploring evidence of racialized slavery in America before Jamestown 1619, questioning why it is often overlooked in mainstream narratives of early American history
• Effects of the Atlantic Slave Trade
• It's impact on American colonists is considered
• Experiences and treatment of Africans brought to America are described
• Justifications used by Africans, White Europeans, and American colonists involved in the trade are questioned
• The lasting impact of the AST on Africa over time is examined

Bacon's Rebellion

• Bacon's Rebellion, including its causes, significance, and historical context, is analyzed
• Covered in "Who Were the Colonists?", "How America invented race", and Different Mirror Ch.3
• Social conflicts that led to it
• Virginia colony's governance during that time
• Composition of individuals who rebelled and their ability to unite
• Who comprised the overall population of the American Colonies?
• Those that joined the rebellion
• Grievances are examined
• Bacon's "Declaration of the People" is examined
• Despite its failure, the rebellion's effects are considered:
• Its contribution to racialized slavery
• Its effects on future socioeconomic inequality and conflict between rich and poor
• Its contribution to the development of an implicit, racist caste system
• Examples of class inequality and conflict in the American colonies are considered

Legalization of Racialized Slavery

• The legalization of racialized slavery, its causes, and turning points are analyzed
• Covered in "Who Were the Colonists?", "Jamestown 1619", "How America invented race", and "Slavery in America Didn't Start in Jamestown in 1619"
• The arrival of Africans in the North American colonies, including when and how, is detailed
• The reasons for the slow growth of the African slave population in Virginia are investigated
• The shift from Indentured Servitude to Slavery is examined
• Key law changes that racialized slavery are identified
• How racial and class hierarchy was legally established is detailed
• How the concept of race (White vs. Black identity) was legally established is detailed
• Transformation of Whites views and how that related to their racism towards African slaves
• Jamestown 1619 is a "turning point" rather than the "beginning" of racialized slavery in America
• Contributions of African slaves to the success of the English colonies are detailed
• Thomas Jefferson's conflicting views on slavery are questioned
• How legalized slavery was allowed to develop

Implicit Caste

• Implicit caste, as explored in "The Growing Racial Wealth Gap in America (2020)" and "9 Charts about Wealth Inequality in America (2017)"
• Examination of what a caste system is
• The AST's contribution to the development of an implicit caste system
• Bacon's Rebellion's contribution to the development of a caste system
• The evolution of slavery laws in the colonies contribution to the development of a caste system
• Evidence today of an implicit caste system

Vocabulary

• Understand the meanings of terms such as savage, civilized, frontier, pagan, protestant, christian, catholic, etc., and their relevance to the history studied

Review Suggestions

• Re-read Chapters 1, 2, and 3 of A Different Mirror, with annotations and paraphrasing
• Re-read/review assigned sources for unit
• Create a timeline of historical events, periods, and developments
• Diagram to chart the 4 major causes of racialized slavery becoming legal in America

Review covering indentured servitude and the Atlantic Slave Trade in "A Different Mirror" Ch.1-3. Indentured servitude involved contracted labor in exchange for passage to a new country. The Atlantic Slave Trade is also covered.