slave narratives
1. What percentage of the population did slaves comprise in New York City by the early 1740s? a. 20 percent
Slaves comprised one-fifth or 20 percent of the total population of New York City, making it a city with one of the highest concentration of slaves in colonial America. (See the introductory section.) 2. Which statement describes African American slaves' views on the American Revolution? A. They viewed it as an opportunity to gain their own freedom.
As the battle for political independence from Great Britain intensified in the late eighteenth century, the rhetoric of the day that freely referenced liberty and freedom of oppression was not lost on the slaves. They fought on both sides of the Revolution because they saw the Revolution as an opportunity to gain their own freedom. (See the introductory section.)
3. What was the attitude of white New Yorkers regarding the abolition of slavery?
c. Their attitude was not much different than their Southern counterparts.
Though New Yorkers lived with a constant threat posed by rebellious slaves, they proved no more willing to relinquish their slaves as their Southern counterparts had been in earlier times. (See section "African American Life in Eighteenth-Century North America" in your textbook.)
4. What led colonists to embrace slave labor more enthusiastically in the mid-eighteenth century?
b. A diminished supply of European-born laborers
Although demand for labor in the American colonies remained high, the supply of white labor from Europe diminished due to, among other factors, the Seven Years' War of 1756-1763. (See section "Slaves and Free Blacks across the Colonies" in your textbook.)
5. Which statement accurately describes the scope of slavery in mid-eighteenth-century New England?
a. The use of slave labor expanded into occupational sectors where it had previously not existed
By the mid-eighteenth century, slavery expanded into new occupational sectors and into new geographic areas. In
Slaves comprised one-fifth or 20 percent of the total population of New York City, making it a city with one of the highest concentration of slaves in colonial America. (See the introductory section.) 2. Which statement describes African American slaves' views on the American Revolution? A. They viewed it as an opportunity to gain their own freedom.
As the battle for political independence from Great Britain intensified in the late eighteenth century, the rhetoric of the day that freely referenced liberty and freedom of oppression was not lost on the slaves. They fought on both sides of the Revolution because they saw the Revolution as an opportunity to gain their own freedom. (See the introductory section.)
3. What was the attitude of white New Yorkers regarding the abolition of slavery?
c. Their attitude was not much different than their Southern counterparts.
Though New Yorkers lived with a constant threat posed by rebellious slaves, they proved no more willing to relinquish their slaves as their Southern counterparts had been in earlier times. (See section "African American Life in Eighteenth-Century North America" in your textbook.)
4. What led colonists to embrace slave labor more enthusiastically in the mid-eighteenth century?
b. A diminished supply of European-born laborers
Although demand for labor in the American colonies remained high, the supply of white labor from Europe diminished due to, among other factors, the Seven Years' War of 1756-1763. (See section "Slaves and Free Blacks across the Colonies" in your textbook.)
5. Which statement accurately describes the scope of slavery in mid-eighteenth-century New England?
a. The use of slave labor expanded into occupational sectors where it had previously not existed
By the mid-eighteenth century, slavery expanded into new occupational sectors and into new geographic areas. In