Question

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Identify and discuss at least four major factors that led to the rise of African slavery in Britain’s North American colonies (especially in the South). Why did southern planters believe African slaves would be advantageous over other forms of labor, and how did this form of unfree labor come to look so remarkably different from other forms of slavery throughout history?

Answer 1

. English liberty gained greater meaning and coherence for white people when they contrasted their status to that of the unfree class of enslaved black people in British America.

African slavery provided white colonists with a shared racial bond and identity.

Slavery and the British Empire

The transport of enslaved people to the American colonies accelerated in the second half of the 17th century. In 1660, English monarch Charles II created the Royal African Company to trade in enslaved people and African goods. His brother, James II, led the company before ascending the throne.

Under both these kings, the Royal African Company enjoyed a monopoly to transport enslaved people to the English colonies. Between 1672 and 1713, the company bought 125,000 captives on the African coast, losing 20 percent of them to death on the Middle Passage—the journey from the African coast to America