Standard #: SS.912.AA.1.2


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Analyze the development of labor systems using indentured servitude contracts with English settlers and Africans early in Jamestown, Virginia.


Clarifications


Clarification 1: Instruction includes indentured servitude of poor English settlers and the extension of indentured servitude to the first Africans brought to Jamestown, Virginia by the Dutch in 1619.

Clarification 2: Instruction includes the impact of the increased demand for land in the colonies and the effects on the cost of labor resulting from the shift of indentured servitude to slavery.

Clarification 3: Instruction includes the method by which indentured servants were able to own private property, farm crops and make money, realizing the payout of property and supplies at the end of their contracts.

Clarification 4: Instruction includes the shift in attitude toward Africans as Colonial America transitioned from indentured servitude to race-based, hereditary slavery (i.e., Anthony Johnson, John Casor).

Clarification 5: Instruction includes the Virginia Code Regarding Slaves and Servants (1705).



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