purchased from Africa or they were brought their from tribes that owned slaves. *Slavery = 1619 first blacks were brought to the colony of Jamestown, Virginia · 1640-80 Virginia and other southers colonies drifted toward the system of slave labour · Relatively few slaves were brought to New England and Middle Atlantic colonies, but their ports and shipowners prospered on the slave trade. · The slave was a chattel could be sold and bought like an animal · No stable family life · Prohibited to learn to read and write · In conflict with the growing revolutionary idea all men are created equal *Free Blacks = About 1/10 of the black population Originated from: · former indentured servants · free black immigrants from the West Indies · blacks freed by individual slave owners 12. Where did most of them live during the period of slavery? What work did they do?
misc dollar, brandy, tattoo, buckwheat, boss, cookie, coleslaw, apartheid (Afrik), trek (Afrik), tsetse (Afrik) NY place names The Bronx (Jonas Bronck), Harlem, Brooklyn, 14. Etymological doublets Doublet – one of two or more words derived from one source: • fragile (< Latin fragilis ), frail (< Old French frele) • Triplet – three such words, e.g. • Cattle / chattel / capital Dialect-based doublets: road (from ride on horseback), raid (from same), shirt ( from skirt), in Anglo-borman and French: guarantee (warrant in French is garant), thesaurus (treasure, storehouse, this is from Greek), computer (in French it means count). Etymological doublets are two or more words of the same lan¬guage which were derived by different routes from the same basic word, but differing in meaning and phonemic shape. For example, the word 'fact' ('факт,