This iCue Mini-Documentary describes the establishment of the Georgia colony by philanthropist James Oglethorpe as a refuge for criminals from England's debtor prisons. At first he banned slavery for fear of an African insurrection, but eventually relaxed his rules to attract more immigrants.
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This iCue Mini-Documentary introduces the growing enslavement of Africans in America and the writing of slave codes to govern the practice.
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This iCue Mini-Documentary introduces indentured servitude, which plantation owners offered laborers in order to attract them to the colonies. In exchange for travel expenses, these laborers were expected to work the land for several years.
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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes South Carolina's founding by aristocratic settlers from England who establish the city of Charleston as a major center for the African slave trade as well as the trade of Native American slaves. Those who shunned slavery moved north to establish North Carolina.
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Historian Carroll Gibbs discusses the foundation and early years of Georgetown (now part of Washington, D.C.), looking particularly at the role of African Americans in the community. He touches on the slave trade and also on the growth of African-American churches and religious communities in the city.
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This iCue Mini-Documentary introduces the Quakers, or the Society of Friends, who sought a refuge in America where they could practice without persecution. Quaker William Penn found a permanent settlement in Pennsylvania.
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This iCue Mini Documentary introduces Anne Hutchinson, an extreme Separatist who threatened to split the Puritan community in Massachusetts by preaching that some people are preordained. She was eventually driven out of Massachusetts to Rhode Island.
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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes the English Puritans search for a place to practice their religion freely. They settled and eventually thrived in present-day Massachusetts, but they suffered the hardships of building a new colony.
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This iCue Mini-Documentary introduces the Puritan Roger Williams, a Separatist, and his establishment of the state of Rhode Island after leaving Massachusetts. Other Separatists also formed new settlements throughout New England.
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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes the departure of a group of Puritan Separatists from England aboard the Mayflower to settle a colony in America. In Plymouth, MA, they signed the Mayflower Compact, promising that all decisions of the new colony would be made by the majority.
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