How does slavery and indentured servitude take root in America? How are these two groups different – that is, how is their status defined as being different under certain laws? How is the concept of race, as well as class, created or defined in certain laws, ordinances, or acts? And why was slavery largely confined to one part of America by the end of the 1700s? What invention changes the dynamics of slavery, and why?

How does slavery and indentured servitude take root in America? How are these two groups different – that is, how is their status defined as being different under certain laws? How is the concept of race, as well as class, created or defined in certain laws, ordinances, or acts? And why was slavery largely confined to one part of America by the end of the 1700s? What invention changes the dynamics of slavery, and why?