Although he might flee from slavery, he could not escape his race.
North American and South American Slavery Slavery, as it existed in British North America, contained interesting points of comparison and contrast with the slave system existing in Portuguese and Spanish South America.

Although both institutions were geared to the needs of capitalistic agriculture, the rights and privileges of the South American planter were restricted and challenged at many points by the traditional powers the Crown and the Church.

On one hand, capitalism, unimpeded by other powerful institutions, created a closed slave system which regimented the totality of the slave's life.

On the other hand, through the clash of competing institutions, the slave as been left with a little opportunity in which he could develop as a person.
In the seventeenth century, while the British colonies were being established in North America and their slave system was being created, the English Crown underwent a series of severe shocks including two revolutions.

Although it eventually emerged secure, the monarchy managed to survive only by making its peace with the emerging commercial and industrial forces.