Kim discusses how the tobacco plantation system led to indentured servitude and eventually slavery in the area surrounding Jamestown and the Chesapeake Bay.
Great documentary. My ancestors came from accomack va early 1600 s. Names were northams ,Scott's. I find it interesting how close accomack is to the jamestown fort. Id need a expert to dig into my ancestors.
Actually, when the first Africans were brought to Jamestown they were Free. The had been Liberated from a slave ship. It wasn't until Years Later that slavery was introduced.
If I were a cleric in those days addressing the "work out your salvation in fear and trembling" biblical passage in a locally understandable analogy in those days via a sermon; I might site the idea of what Christ has done is to pay our passage to the odds of Eternity, but we must merely comply with His terms of code of conduct... not too different from "Indentured Servitude" in some ways- but an awful *lot* better, as we would not be treated badly, but as people genetically damaged via original sin, our efforts would have to be far greater, as well as our self-control about how we act- just exactly like a man genetically addicted to alcohol has to watch himself every single day. So we must watch ourselves about sinful conduct every single day... but He basically paid our passage. The overriding problem I have long had with that analogy is "what kind of paycheck is He interested in us repaying Him with? What kind of good is He interested in us returning to Him on His investment?"- and I might even site that in the course of this explaining of the Biblical passages via this analogy- best odds: citation shifts to adopted kin behavior from a debtor as far as the type of repayment He would go for. As a man today whose idea of fun is to find and work out the family dynamic with an adopted kin, I get His opinion on those parts; and this *would* be of major focus in those days as well- typically they focused on those books for reading material, especially in those days!
It isn't exactly proper to characterize the first Africans in 1619 as being *enslaved* , at least not by the English. They were taken from a Portuguese slaver by an English privateet, and were actually released as indentures. Anthony Johnson (an African) ended up freed after his term of indenture and became a plantation owner...who ironically bought slaves...
Not a "war of Extinction"!! The Powhatan were not a single tribe. They were a confederacy of 32 different tribes. 2 privateer ships. The White Lion and the Treasurer. They were not slave ships! A lot to unpack. Virginia Company was keeping quit about the conditions. Most people didn't know. ALL of the original 104 in 1607 were indentured servants, not just English Gentry not going to inherit. Yes, much of the land was appropriated by the English but a great deal was given to them by the Powhatan in exchanged for English goods. Yes, and one of the extremely wealthy early planters was Rebecca Rolfe - AKA: Pocahontas.
@@cooleregg5577 As a matter of fact smart guy, I just happen to be from the exact area in question and the same Swarthy Jewish Free People of Color that still live there today that represent the First Families of Virginia and they are still Black and none of them came from Africa, they came from Ireland and I personally have been to Ireland twice to confirm the the legitimacy of this statement.
