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Episode 2: "...shall serve Durante Vita"
At the beginning of the 1700s, as the transatlantic slave trade picked up pace, and labor from enslaved people became the dominant labor force in the American colonies, those initial landowners in the colony of Maryland enacted ever-restrictive laws that formalized and centered slavery upon the concept of one’s race and determined that they “shall serve Durante Vita.”
It’s important to take the time now to explore this aspect of early American history, as It is very important to understand the patterns that emerged during this era because these are the underpinnings of the laws, economics, and social structures that are vital to understanding Lethe Tanner’s world ….and our own.
This podcast is supported in part by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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RESEARCH SOURCES
- Kulikoff, Allan. Tobacco and Slaves: The Development of Southern Cultures in the Chesapeake, 1680-1800. University of North Carolina Press, 1986.
- SlaveVoyages.org, An excellent source for searching all sorts of data about the transatlantic slave trade.
- Law , Robin (ed.). The English in West Africa: The Local Correspondence of the Royal African Company of England, 1681-1699, Part 1,2, 3. Oxford, Oxford University Press , 2007
- Wilkerson, Isabel. Caste: The Origins of our Discontent, Random House, 2020
- Newspapers.com
- Land records from Maryland State Archives and Maryland State Archives, Land Records
- Prince George’s County Historical Society
VOICEOVER CREDITS:
All the voiceover actors who helped bring this episode to life.
Stacy Thomas…..reading Slave Auction poem
JP Wright…..as Commander Towgood
Pete McGiffen …..reading Royal African Company charter
Bobby Lax…..as Captain Phillips
Bud Lucas…..as Francis Nicholson
Uni V. Sol…..reading Maryland Gazette
Talitha Huddleston..…..reading from Caste
Autumn Holley…..reading punishments against women
Matt Davies…..as Joseph Belt
Eric Little…..reading Maryland laws defining slavery/miscegenation
Grace Diane Jensen…..as Mary Belt
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At the beginning of the 1700s, as the transatlantic slave trade picked up pace, and labor from enslaved people became the dominant labor force in the American colonies, those initial landowners in the colony of Maryland enacted ever-restrictive laws that formalized and centered slavery upon the concept of one’s race and determined that they “shall serve Durante Vita.”
It’s important to take the time now to explore this aspect of early American history, as It is very important to understand the patterns that emerged during this era because these are the underpinnings of the laws, economics, and social structures that are vital to understanding Lethe Tanner’s world ….and our own.
This podcast is supported in part by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts.
…………
RESEARCH SOURCES
- Kulikoff, Allan. Tobacco and Slaves: The Development of Southern Cultures in the Chesapeake, 1680-1800. University of North Carolina Press, 1986.
- SlaveVoyages.org, An excellent source for searching all sorts of data about the transatlantic slave trade.
- Law , Robin (ed.). The English in West Africa: The Local Correspondence of the Royal African Company of England, 1681-1699, Part 1,2, 3. Oxford, Oxford University Press , 2007
- Wilkerson, Isabel. Caste: The Origins of our Discontent, Random House, 2020
- Newspapers.com
- Land records from Maryland State Archives and Maryland State Archives, Land Records
- Prince George’s County Historical Society
VOICEOVER CREDITS:
All the voiceover actors who helped bring this episode to life.
Stacy Thomas…..reading Slave Auction poem
JP Wright…..as Commander Towgood
Pete McGiffen …..reading Royal African Company charter
Bobby Lax…..as Captain Phillips
Bud Lucas…..as Francis Nicholson
Uni V. Sol…..reading Maryland Gazette
Talitha Huddleston..…..reading from Caste
Autumn Holley…..reading punishments against women
Matt Davies…..as Joseph Belt
Eric Little…..reading Maryland laws defining slavery/miscegenation
Grace Diane Jensen…..as Mary Belt
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.