USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -How was the treatment of enslaved Africans different under English rule than it was under the rule of the Dutch? Enslaved Africans had more rights under English rule. Enslaved Africans lived in harsh conditions under English rule. English laws were less strict since fewer Africans resisted slavery.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1750, most enslaved people in the South lived and worked on a large tobacco or rice plantation and lived with a large group of other enslaved people. In New England, enslaved people usually lived alone or at most, with one or two others, often with the family inside their home.

Detailed explanation-3: -Enslaved people were regarded and treated as property with little to no rights. In many colonies, enslaved people could not testify in a court of law, own guns, gather in large groups, or go out at night.

Detailed explanation-4: -In New England, it was common for individual enslaved people to learn specialized skills and crafts due to the area’s more varied economy. Ministers, doctors, tradesmen, and merchants also used enslaved labor to work alongside them and run their households.

Detailed explanation-5: -In general, the conditions of slavery in the northern colonies, where slaves were engaged more in nonagricultural pursuits (such as mining, maritime, and domestic work), were less severe and harsh than in the southern colonies, where most were used on plantations.