AMST 252gmw Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Winthrop Jordan

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The principles of restraint: white masters had a spatial impulse. A need to nd slaves/bond-people to control their use of space/ movements. Slaves seen as captives of war vs. indentured servants. 1800s old south: enslavement = cultural alienation, threat of sale to another planter, no wages, seized property, & forced subordination. Restriction of slave mobility was central to lawmakers & slaveholders plan to keep enslaved people in line. Virginia was the rst to pass these kinds of laws. South carolina rice planters were the wealthiest in the colonies. Passes had enslaved person"s name, time they were supposed to be back, & destination.

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