But that's not the way slavery was established in colonial America. It happened gradually ... was not one that was life-long. A slave could become free by converting to Christianity.

Indentured servants first arrived in America in the decade following ... satisfaction was a modest life as a freeman in a burgeoning colonial economy. In 1619 the first black Africans came to ...

Step back in time to the 18th century at Colonial Williamsburg, where the colonial era is meticulously preserved and ...

Colonial Williamsburg, which is in the Tidewater region of Virginia, is the world’s largest living history museum, offering an authentic recreation of life in 18th-century America. Together with ...