Coercive+labor+systems+slavery+and+other+coercive+labor+systems+in+the+Americas

=Coercive Labor Systems in the Americas=

Thesis: Although both slaves and indentured servants worked for masters, they differed in the possibility of independence. (THESIS IS NEEDS TO BE MORE SPECIFIC- L.S.W.)

[|life aboard a slave ship]

__Slavery__
 * Beginning as early as 1502, European slave traders shipped approximately 11-16 million slaves to the Americas
 * Most slaves were African some were the captured native americans
 * The continuing demand for African slave labor arose from the development of plantation agriculture
 * [|Triangle Trade] from west Africa to Caribbean to Europe.
 * Slaves were considered property (not people).
 * Was especially prevelent in the southern British colonies in America (Virginia, Georgia, South Carolina, North Coralina, etc.) and on plantations in Latin and South America.
 * The slaves were treated brutally from ship to shore.
 * Slaves were packed untill they had little to no room to move while being transported.
 * Slaves were taken against their will.
 * By 1750 120,000 black slaves tilled Chesapeake tobacco,and another 180,000 cultivated Carolina rice.
 * Mostly worked on tobacco, sugar cane, and cotton plantations
 * Slaves were seen as a resource to the plantation owners and a trade commodity to the slave traders
 * Made development of new world profitable
 * Disease killed many slaves, especially in the Caribbean and Brazil.
 * The gender ratio was very off-balance due to higher demand for male slaves.

__Type of Work/Conditions__
 * Slaves had absolutely no say in what kind of work they were to do
 * If they they did speak up or back sass their owners they were usually beaten severly
 * Sometimes slaves worked from sunrise to sunset with small if any breaks.
 * They worked on plantations, fields, common house work or all three.

__Indentured Service__
 * People were required to do four to seven years of work for free passage to the Americas.
 * Unlike slavery, indentured servants were granted their freedom after fulfilling their obligated service.
 * Intially created after failing to force native people into slavery.
 * The servants were often failures in Europe- criminals, political prisoners, orphans, and/or unemployed.
 * Strived to be independent artisans or planters.
 * Some became prominent figures, however, most died from disease or overwork before gaining freedom.
 * Those that did survive usually found meager employment.
 * Commonly worked in the same areas of slaves.
 * [[image:http://www.caribbeanedu.com/Resources/Media/Photos/Regular/Miscellaneous/indenturedservants.gif width="236" height="194" align="right"]]Many refused to go to the Caribbean

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