1. The Pennsylvania Gazette: Show 2. New-York Weekly Journal: 3. Publick Occurrences, Both Foreign and Domestick: What was the first colony to have a black majority?By 1708 South Carolina became the first British North American colony to have an African American majority.
In which colonies was slavery legal?Massachusetts is the first colony to legalize slavery. The New England Confederation of Plymouth, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Haven adopts a fugitive slave law. Connecticut legalizes slavery. Rhode Island passes laws restricting slavery and forbidding enslavement for more than 10 years.
How did slaves get to the colonies?Slave traders violently captured Africans and loaded them onto slave ships, where for months these individuals endured the “Middle Passage”—the crossing of the Atlantic from Africa to the North American colonies or West Indies. Many Africans did not survive the journey.
What factors led to distinct African American cultures in the eighteenth century?What factors led to distinct African-American cultures in the eighteenth century? The harsh living conditions, low birth rate, and seldom contact with white people caused black culture to be distinctively different.
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