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Why did the southern colonies adopt an unfree labor system as their major source of labor?
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because they could
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What were the unfree men of ancient Greece called?
Most likely "barbarian " since in Greek that means the "others".
Why did the southern colonies depend on slavery?
Historically, the use, and usually exploitation, of unfree persons has been the norm in societies with complex economic systems and specialization of labor. The Europeans who settled in the new world brought with them a culture that accepted slavery. Slavery was a normal part of Classical culture in the West, though the terms and conditions of slavery varied greatly and were somewhat different from what we associate with the concept. In the middle ages, serfdom developed many of the features that would later be found in the institution of slavery in America. Slavery was not unique to the southern colonies in what is now the United States. It was a feature of the Spanish Empire, and other colonial powers that preceded it. All the English colonies, both in the north and south originally had the institution of chatel slavery that has become synonymous with the term "slavery" in the American psyche. They also had other classes of unfree persons who provided labor, such as indentured servants. Perhaps a better way to think of the question is to ask, why did the institution of slavery die out later in the southern United States than in the north? The answer has to do with economics. Historically, slavery tended to end around the time that industrialization took hold of a region. This is because automation eliminated much of the need for the human labor that slavery provided. In England, slavery was abolished well before the institution ended in the United States as England led the US in industialization by about a century. In the US, the north industiralized, while the south continued to be an agrarian economy and was largely dependant on cash crops, particularly cotton, which required a large amount of inexpensive, unskilled labor. For the south, slavery continued to provide a viable solution to the need for labor, while in the north systems of wages proved to be a more effective way to motivate workers to work in factories. Ultimately this change in economic need led to a shift in the value system in the north. That ideaological divide was ultimately a significant contributing factor to the start of the United States' civil war. However, it should still be pointed out that until the ratifiation of the 13 Ammendment, chatel slavery was still a legal institution under federal law and existed throughout the Union States.
Who was Mr Nixon?
He helped Rosa parks unfree the colored (blacks) people. Dr.martin Luther king Jr. had hired Mr. Nixon to help free the blacks. when Dr.king had gone to Washington D.C. he hired a lawyer. All three of them had went to the Supreme Court and they had won!
What did serfs own?
1st AnswerNothing they were slaves 2nd AnswerSerfs did not own the land they lived on, and sumptuary laws prohibited them from having luxuries. Aside from that, they were legally allowed to own things. They were not slaves, but were unfree in the single sense that they were not allowed to move off the manor they lived on without permission. There is a link below to a related question with an answer that explains this more fully, "What was a life for a serf?" There is also a link to an article on serfdom.
What were Peasants called in the Middle Ages?
There were many different types of peasant and the word "serf" is today incorrectly applied to all of them - it is really used as an alternative word for peasant.At the time of the Domesday survey in 1086, the levels of farming peasants were:Colibert, a former slave given liberty - but still unfreeBordar, a cottager lower in status than a villan - unfreeCottar, also a cottager - unfreeCotset, also a cottager - unfree (the exact status of these last two is not known)Villan or tunsman, a villager higher in status than a cottar; notionally unfree because subject to the manorial court - unfreeFreeman or Sokeman, a non-noble landholder owing service to a lord with increased legal rights and protections - free.Some of these grades disappeared as the medieval period went on, but in general terms they illustrate just how complex the levels of peasant were; each would hold a certain amount of land from the lord of the manor and would in turn owe certain customary obligations of work and payment..
What is the opposite word for free?
unfree
How old where the slaves in the trade triangle?
Unfree
What was Democracy like be for the Revolutionary war started?
Unfree
What has the author Laila Nielsen written?
Laila Nielsen has written: 'Unfree to develop' -- subject(s): Administration, Colonies, Colonization, Foreign relations, Government relations, History, Kerebe (African people), Kuria (African people), Social conditions
What are some words end with the suffix free?
carefree. germfree. unfree. iamfree. livefree. thisisfree. foursareawesomefree.
What has the author RICHARD VINEN written?
RICHARD VINEN has written: 'UNFREE FRENCH: LIFE UNDER THE OCCUPATION'
What is an antonym for unrestrained?
tamed controlled moderated bound confined restrained unfree inhibited reserved undemonstrative unemotional
What were the unfree men of ancient Greece called?
Most likely "barbarian " since in Greek that means the "others".
What replaced the system of indentured servitude?
The system of indentured servitude was gradually replaced by chattel slavery in the Americas, where enslaved people were treated as property and exploited for forced labor. This transition occurred as demand for labor increased, and the transatlantic slave trade became more established as a means of obtaining cheap, unfree labor.
Were did slavery of africans begin in America?
Depends what you mean by America. The Spanish introduced African slaves in the Caribbean within 20 years of Columbus' first landing and African slavery was widespread in the plantation colonies of all European powers that had them in the Caribbean and Central and South America by the end of the 1500s. Probably the first African slaves in what became the United States were in the Spanish settlement in St. Augustine, Florida. The first unfree Africans in the British colonies of North America that later formed the United States were off-loaded in Virginia in 1619. However, the legal status of slavery, to which only Africans and their descendants were subject, as distinct from unfree indentured labor, which encompassed both Europeans and Africans in the 1600s, was only clarified in Virginia in the 1660s. The British North American colony most intensively characterized by slavery in the 1600s was South Carolina, which had a majority African population and was closely linked economically to the British slave plantation colony of Barbados.
What has the author Matt Stahl written?
Matt Stahl has written: 'Unfree masters' -- subject(s): Intellectual property, Popular music, Writing and publishing, Sound recording industry
What are the types of labor in economics?
In economics, labour (or labor) is a measure of the work done by human beings. It is conventionally contrasted with such other factors of production as land and capital. There are theories which have created a concept called human capital (referring to the skills that workers possess, not necessarily their actual work), although there are also counter posing macro-economic system theories that think human capital is a contradiction in terms. Types of labour:: * human capital * housework * manual labour * slavery * unfree labour * volunteer * wage slavery * wage labour source:: wikipedia.
