Chapter 7 Lesson 2Pages 262-266

Describe how slavery influenced daily life in the Southern Colonies.

Identify ways in which enslaved Africans dealt with the hardships of their lives.

Describe what government was like in the Southern Colonies.

Explain the role that religion played in Southern colonists’ lives.

PLANTER – the plantation owner

OVERSEER – person hired to watch over the enslaved people as they worked

Legal in all colonies Children born to slaves were also slaves Many families broke apart Treatment depended on planter Many beaten & abused Hard to escape (but they tried) Not allowed to speak out against slavery

Broke tools

Pretended to be sick

Worked slowly

NOTE: Punishment if caught was harsh

Kept culture alive

Told stories

Sang songs about Africa

Late 1700’s many found Christian religion a source of strength

Rich planters = larger plantations = more slaves Small villages: workshops that made nails, bricks,

barrels, etc Overseers hired – lived by fields Slave homes far from planter’s home Some slaves kept small gardens Planters worked as judges or in government Hired teachers to educate their children in home Slaves could not learn to read or write (many did

so in secret)

Most Colonists worked & lived on small farms

Former indentured servants owned small farms

Didn’t really become rich Most did not use Slave labor If they did have slaves, they worked along

side them in fields Farms far apart, so Church was a big event Travel for hours to reach church

Free Africans would buy their family Many who ran away escaped to Spanish

Florida Seminole Tribe – gave food & shelter Many dressed like Seminole & learned

language Became known as Black Seminoles

Located in Spanish Florida

1738 – 1st settlement in North America for free Africans◦ Land on Manhatten was only a community and

had to pay yearly for freedom

Were free to practice African customs

Chapter 7 Lesson 3Pages 268-271

Understand how geography affected the economy of the Southern Colonies

Identify the major industries in the Southern Colonies

INDIGO – blue dye made from indigo plant

BROKER – a person who is paid to buy and sell for another person

INTERDEPENDENCE – depending on one another for economic resources

Charles Town – Port in South Carolina

Plantations – items produced shipped to England & West Indies

Tobacco Maryland, Virginia, & North Carolina

Rice South Carolina & Georgia◦ SC – Rice is called Carolina GOLD

Indigo Grew on drier land of SC & GA◦ Used in cloth making◦ Eliza Lucas Pinckney experimented with the plant◦ By 1740 – Cash crop of South Carolina

Planters needed merchants for goods & services

Traders & Merchants needed Plantations for crops & raw material

INTERDEPENDENCE

Planters used a BROKER to sell crops Brokers to goods to market to sell, then

bought good for planter Most successful plantations near rivers &

ports Norfolk, VA & Savannah, GA became large

cities (along Atlantic) Baltimore, Maryland – grain & tobacco

◦ Demand caused Baltimore to be major shipbuilding center in Southern colonies

Farming #1

Forests – ◦ Wilmington, NC◦ Shipping center for forest goods◦ Built saw mills◦ Naval Stores