Slavery and Indentured Servitude in the Colonies (VUS.3 - 2023)

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Indentured Servants

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People who agreed to work for a set number of years in exchange for passage to the colonies.

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Headright System

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Land grant system giving settlers land (usually 50 acres) for each indentured servant they brought to Virginia.

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Bacon’s Rebellion

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1676 uprising in Virginia led by Nathaniel Bacon against Governor Berkeley’s rule and Native American policy.

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Nathaniel Bacon

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Planter who led a rebellion of frontier settlers against Virginia's colonial government.

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Bacon’s Declaration of the People

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1676 document accusing Governor Berkeley of corruption and failing to protect settlers from Native attacks.

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Governor William Berkeley

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Royal governor of Virginia whose policies favored elite planters and led to Bacon’s Rebellion.

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West Africa

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Region from which many enslaved Africans were taken during the transatlantic slave trade.

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Senegal

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Modern West African country and site of major slave trading posts.

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Gambia

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River and region in West Africa that was central to the early slave trade.

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Ndongo (modern-day Angola)

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Central African kingdom; source of many enslaved people during the Portuguese slave trade.