USI.5D Colonial Life

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were captured in their native Africa and sold to slave traders; then were shipped to the colonies where they were sold into slavery; were owned as property for life and did not have any rights; were often born into slavery

lived predominately in the South; relied on indentured servants and/or enslaved African Americans for labor; were educated in some cases; had rich social culture

worked the land according to the region; relied on family members for labor

worked to buy and sell good to the colonists; lived in towns and cities

Which two groups could not vote?

were men and women who did not have money for passage to the colonies and who agreed to work without pay for the person who paid for their passage; were free at the end of their contract

What did indentured servants and enslaved African Americans have in common?

worked as caretakers, house-workers, and homemakers; were not allowed to vote; had few opportunities for getting an education