What You Have to Read with Care for the History Changes Essay (and the 1st Question on Exam 1 Essays)

 

What’s on This Webpage:

Resources

Background about the Term English Servant (Indentured Servant)

Forms of Servitude Shown in a Table So You Can Compare Them

What You Have to Read for Each Column in the Table

What You Have to Read for Each Column in the Table – If You Prefer to See Page Numbers

 

Resources

If You Want …

Then Use This

To try a method for reading about reality when you need to be accurate

Click the method for reading FOR evidence.  If you prefer a face to face meeting or a phone conference, let me know.

To use resources for background on serfdom—one of the columns in the table

Click to listen to a PowerPoint movie covering the organization of the table and background on serfdom.

Click here for attempts to establish feudalism and serfdom in the colonies.

To use resources in this assignment on the Internet or to copy them to your computer or flash drive

The table on what happens with different forms of servitude in the South:

§         For a blank version of this table for self-testing.

§         For a printable version (portrait) for my answers of the online version below

 

The content and the quotations on Slavery in Africa are from the 3rd edition. To see that page, click here.

Background about the Term English Servant (Indentured Servant)

In the textbook, the phrase used for indentured servants in some locations is English servants. What’s the word indentured mean with the word servant? Merriam Webster Online explains it is “a person who signs and is bound by indentures to work for another for a specified time especially in return for payment of travel expenses and maintenance.”  To sign a document indicates the signer is a free person who agrees to the terms of the indenture. What’s an indenture? “to divide (a document) so as to produce sections with irregular edges that can be matched for authentication.” Think of it this way: when you tear paper, the ragged edge is unique.

Forms of Servitude Shown in a Table So You Can Compare Them

The table of answers below may display slowly but it is there. Click here for a blank version of this table for self-testing. Click here for a printable version (portrait) for my answers of the table below. In the table, the content and the quotations on Slavery in Africa are from the 3rd edition, which has a few more details. To see the page, click here.

What You Have to Read for Each Column in the Table

The columns below are the same columns you see above. This time they contain the Chapter # and the name of the heading of the section you read within that chapter

 

Trait

Serfdom

Slavery in Africa   

Slavery in Spanish Colonies

Slavery in Eng. Colonies in South–Early 1600s

Slavery in Eng. Colonies in South–Late 1600s

Indenture–Pre-1676 in South

Indenture–Post-1676 in South  

 

What You Must Read

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For the content for this column, you read this section of Chapter 1:

“The Atlantic Slave Trade Begins.”

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For the content for this column, you read this section of Chapter 1:

“Forced Labor Systems.”

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For the content for this column, you read this section of Chapter 2:

“Africans in Early Virginia.”

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For the content for this column, you read this section of Chapter 3:

“Systems of Slavery in North America.”

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For the content for this column, you read this section of Chapter 2:

“Tobacco Boom” (See English servants.)

 

You also read Chapter 3: “War in the Chesapeake”—but only for content about the years before 1676.

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For the content for this column, you read this section of Chapter 3:

“War in the Chesapeake”—but only for content about the years from 1676.

 

What You Have to Read for Each Column in the Table – If You Prefer to See Page Numbers

This link provides the page numbers where you can find these headings in the 3rd and 4th paperback editions.

 

If you need help finding the pages in other editions, just ask.

 

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