Labor systems, slavery, and the Atlantic economy

By the end you’ll be able to

• Explain how and why labor systems developed and changed in British North America from 1607 to 1754.
• Compare indentured servitude, African slavery, and other forms of coerced labor in terms of economic function, regional use, and social consequences.
• Explain the development of the transatlantic slave trade and its role in the expansion of colonial economies in British North America and the wider Atlantic world.