| Read the Intro and Chapters 1 & 2 of The Origins of American Slavery (pp. 5-39). After reading, answer the following questions: Intro: Why did English colonists and their English sponsors (like the joint stock companies), as well as English churchmen and successive English governments, feel able to enslave people of West African descent? Chapter 1: What were the important differences between indentured servitude of Europeans and involuntary servitude of West Africans? What persuaded English people to agree to indentured service in the New World colonies England established? Chapter 2: What factors contributed to English negative perceptions of West Africans? How did perceptions of Native Americans compare? Answer each set of questions completely, in essay/ paragraph form, below the questions in the text box. Indicate the Intro, Chapter 1, and Chapter 2 and then answer each of the questions for each. |
