Slavery in America  Racism develops as a justification and a response to slavery  Laws passed to create legal distinctions  Slave Codes  Established slaves as property  Illegal to teach them to read or write  Gave slave owners increasing power over their slaves  Deep South (SC)  Rice and indigo plantations  Many worked to death  Required large numbers of slaves  Chesapeake (MD, VA)  Tobacco plantations  Closer together, so allowed socialization between slaves  Slave population grew through natural reproduction  By 1720 1/3 of slaves were women  By 1750 ¾ of slaves were born in America
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