Just for clarity, what time periods are you inquiring about? The answer for the 1650s is very different than the answer for the 1760s

Follow-up question: Did the native American peoples that interacted with the first European settlers have chattel slavery? If so, in what ways was it similar or dissimilar to the institution that the Europeans brought with them? Would a native American witnessing an interaction between an African slave and a white slave owner understand the dynamic?

I have a follow up question regarding African indentured servants in the late 1690s to early 1700s. Was it possible an African was an indentured servant who expected to serve for 7-10 years in able to be free, but eventually made into a "full time" slave?