-
Period: to
Diminishing Progress of Slaves
-
Introduction to Slaves in America
Jamestown has just been settled. It is an exciting place for new beginings. Every one wanted to be there in the New World, every one but the slave's. Slaves ,at the start of slavery, were treated like actual people. They were released after about 20 years of servace. If they were baptised they could become free. Slowly the English took away their rights. Slowly the English dehumanized them. Anthony Johnson was one of these slaves. -
Anthony Johnson aquires land
On this day Anthony and his master went into the corn field. When they came out Anthony said he had gotten his own land. Finally he was free. This shows progress because slaves can become free after a few years of service. They can own there own land.They could work and play when they wanted. They were viewed in a higher social class and he could now make money. -
Anthony wins a court case against an English man
See court case BAnthony wins a court case against a Engilsh man and gets a slave back. This shows that a free black can win against an English man in court. This is progress because in the court there was still a scence of fairness. -
anthony wins court case against an English man Part2
This was very important because the free Africans were still consitered lower than an English. -
Act 3:Baptisim doesn't make slaves free
See to be sureThis law made it harder to get out of slavery. This law shows dimindshing progress. Now they are being kept in slavery longer and it is harder to escape. It gave the English men feel like they had more power over the slaves. Now the slaves have a scence of dependency. -
Act 1: Casual Killing
On this day a law was passed that when a slaved was whiped if he died from his wounds it would not be consitered murder because no one would want to hurt their own property. This is the first time slaves are viewed as property.This showed diminishing progress because now English men could kill slaves at will. This made the slaves fear the English men. it may have given them a sense of control. -
Act12: Slaves are now realestate
A law passed said that all slaves are now real-estate. This show diminishing progress because now slaves are know veiwed as property. This is where history picks-up. This gave the English men a feeling of power because they now owned for life. -
Conclusion
As you now Know slavery diminished its progress over time. Now as a human of civil times it is your resposebility to make sure that this never happens again. For after every thing you learned on this time-line you would not want to see diminishing progress all over again.
