Benjamin Banneker
Many African Americans in the English colonies were indentured servants or slaves. Even free African Americans had to deal with discrimination and laws that reduced their rights compared to Caucasians.
The backcountry is where they can develop small communities
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Olaudah Equiano was an African Slave who bought his freedom in the American colonies years later. After becoming a free black he wrote a book about his travels from Africa to the United States. His memoirs show an example of how African's were captured by their brethren and sold to the Europeans as slaves, the middle passage as in the travel between Africa and the New World, and his experiences as a British colonial slave in North America.
Pressure from the United States and Nationalism.
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Benjamin Banneker
1776
Liberia and Ethiopia
For the colonists could be free
No, they weren't. In other colonies they could either pay to be free or are born free., but not New JERSEY.
Many broke free because of pressure from the United States.
Many African Americans in the English colonies were indentured servants or slaves. Even free African Americans had to deal with discrimination and laws that reduced their rights compared to Caucasians.
In the 1700s, the African American population in the 13 colonies varied across regions. Estimates suggest that by the mid-18th century, around 20% of the total population in the Southern colonies were African Americans, the majority of whom were enslaved. In the Northern colonies, the African American population was smaller but still present, largely as free individuals.
The backcountry is where they can develop small communities
Some people of African descent in Spain's American colonies were not slaves because they were born into free families or obtained their freedom through various means such as manumission, military service, or purchase. Others may have escaped or been granted freedom due to exceptional skills or services provided to their masters. It is important to recognize the diversity of experiences for individuals of African descent in colonial societies rather than assuming all were enslaved.