The First Slaves Arrive in Jamestown - 1619

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The first African slaves to come to an American colony were actually indentured servants. Indentured servants were usually colonists who had agreed to work for a master (perhaps for several years). In exchange, the master or person holding the indenture, would pay for the colonists passage to the new world.

The 20 Africans that came to Jamestown in 1619 AD were dropped off by a Dutch fighting vessel called a man of war. At that time, the Africans and Europeans began working together in the fields.

Sometimes an indentured servant, either white or black, would run away and try to get freedom. If they were caught, the white person would be made to work additional years of bondage. However, because of the difference in skin color, black people were sentenced to a lifetime of bondage and became slaves.

This injustice, led to the rise of slavery in America and the formation of what was called the Peculiar Institution. When the Dutch dropped off the 20 Africans, slavery began in the American colonies. The Peculiar Institution would last for 247 years.

Only one other injustice could possibly compare to the treatment of black people in the first centuries of the United States. That other injustice would be the treatment of the American Indian.

The First Slaves Arrive in Jamestown - 1619

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The first slaves brought to an American colony were actually ____________.
factory workers
artists
indentured servants
musicians
The 20 Africans that landed at Jamestown in 1619 AD were brought by a ___________.
Spanish Galleon
British merchant ship
Dutch Man of War
French schooner
Sometimes indentured servants would run away to find ___________.
freedom
better schools
better churches
better fishing
When escaped black indentured servants were captured they became ____________.
prisoners
teachers
slaves
preachers
The rise of slavery in America became known as ______________.
the civil rights movement
the Peculiar Institution
segragation
Jim Crow
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The USA is _____ Cuba.
north
south
east
west
Mexico is ___________ of Cuba.
north
south
east
west
Venezuela is ___________ of Columbia.
northwest
northeast
southwest
southeast
Costa Rico is __________ of the Caribbean Sea.
northwest
northeast
southwest
southeast
The Domincan Republic is ___________ of Panama.
northwest
northeast
southwest
southeast
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The First Slaves Arrive in Jamestown - 1619
Introduction
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Geography