Video
In this video Heimler takes you through Unit 2 Topic 6 of the AP U.S. History curriculum which is set in period 2 (1607-1754).
The dark underbelly of colonial life in America was the increasing dependence on the African slave trade. All British colonies depended on the labor of enslaved people, but the number or laborers was different in each region. New England held relatively few enslaved laborers, and the number increases as you travel south, the most abundant population being in the British West Indies.
However, even though this was the case for Africans sold into slavery, they also mounted serious movements of resistance. Some of the resistance was covert, and some was overt like the Stono Rebellion.
If you have any questions, leave them below and Heimler shall answer forthwithly.
Related Content
New England Colonies
Middle and Southern English Colonies
British Crown Jewels
The Plantagenets
The Coronation Ceremony of the British Monarchy
Religion in Colonial America
Cite This Work
APA Style
History, H. (2021, March 09). SLAVERY in the British Colonies [APUSH Review Unit 2 Topic 6] Period 2: 1607-1754. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/video/2306/slavery-in-the-british-colonies-apush-review-unit/
Chicago Style
History, Heimler's. "SLAVERY in the British Colonies [APUSH Review Unit 2 Topic 6] Period 2: 1607-1754." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified March 09, 2021. https://www.worldhistory.org/video/2306/slavery-in-the-british-colonies-apush-review-unit/.
MLA Style
History, Heimler's. "SLAVERY in the British Colonies [APUSH Review Unit 2 Topic 6] Period 2: 1607-1754." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 09 Mar 2021. Web. 22 Apr 2024.
