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colonization of South
America, the term “negro”
[negros da terra] had become
almost synonymous with
“slave” in the Portuguese
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servants not being Christians imported
into this colony by shipping shall be
slaves for their lives; but [who] shall
come by land shall serve, if boys or
girls, until thirty years of age, if men
or women twelve years and no
longer.”](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/bushvirginia-171012011906/85/Virginia-and-Jamestown-73-320.jpg)
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Virginia and Jamestown
Tobacco was introduced to Jamestown, Virginia in 1607 and became a major crop, though it led to health issues. During the "Starving Time" in 1609-1610, many colonists resorted to cannibalism to survive. The House of Burgesses was established in 1619, which was the first representative legislative assembly in America. The same year saw the arrival of the first recorded Africans, though their initial status as slaves or indentured servants is unclear. The 1670 law defined slavery as lifelong servitude for non-Christian imported servants, solidifying slavery as a racial caste in Virginia.
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- 26. “that nothing wasSpared to maintain Life and to do those things which seem incredible, as to dig up dead corpses out of graves and to eat them. And some have Licked up the Blood which had fallen from their weak fellows.”
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- 67. Were the Africanson the muster slaves or indentured servants?
- 68. “By the timeof Portuguese colonization of South America, the term “negro” [negros da terra] had become almost synonymous with “slave” in the Portuguese language” (13) -- Nishida, Slavery and Identity
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- 70. October 1670 -ACT XII. What tyme Indians to serve. “WHEREAS some dispute have arisen whither Indians taken in warr by any other nation, and by that nation that taketh them sold to the English, are sevants for life or terme of yeares,
- 71. October 1670 -ACT XII. What time Indians to serve. “WHEREAS some disputes have arisen whether Indians taken in war by any other nation, and by that nation that took them sold to the English, are servants for life or term of years,
- 72. It is resolvedand enacted that all servants not being christians imported into this colony by shipping shall be slaves for their lives; but what shall come by land shall serve, if boyes or girles, untill thirty yeares of age, if men or women twelve yeares and no longer.”
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