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Slavery in the Southern Colonies

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I will know how slavery affected the social, political, economic, and cultural aspects of the southern colonies. how the institution of slavery affected African slaves and their families.

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What do you see? How do you feel?

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WHAT IS SLAVERY?

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Slavery indentured servants: A person who agreed to work for another person without pay for a certain length of time. An indentured servant could earn their freedom after several years of work. Slave: A person who is the legal property of another and is forced to obey them. Institutionalized: An organized system based on laws that become a way of life. Slavery: The institution of owning and selling slaves as property.

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Slaves Arrive in the Colonies First Africans arrived in Virginia 1619 Started as indentured servants. Mid-1700s slavery legal in 13 colonies. Over 200,000 slaves lived in the southern region.

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Slave Voyage Conditions

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Unwillingly taken from homes in Africa. Chained together and tightly packed in ships 5-6 month trip from Africa to the colonies

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Slave Voyage Conditions

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Treatment of Slaves in the Colonies Owners were allowed to beat, whip, or insult slaves. 1669 No longer a felony to murder a slave in Virginia Treatment varied depending on their owners. Slaves were not allowed to speak out against slavery.

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Resistance Slaves did not accept the system of slavery. They acted out, however, they: broke tools acted sick worked slowly acted ignorant Some attempted escape.

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Preserving a Culture Created and sang songs to give each other hope and deal with hardships. Sang songs about Africa and sang African songs.

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Virginia Slave Code (1705) Web version: http://www.law.du.edu/russell/lh/alh/docs/virginiaslaverystatutes.html http://www.law.du.edu/russell/lh/alh/docs/virginiaslaverystatutes.html October 1705 - 4th Anne. CHAP. KLIX. 3.447. An act concerning Servants and Slaves... -Open SMART Board Document containing the Virginia Slave Code (1705). Using color-coded unlimited cloning of Social, Political, Economic, and Cultural words, have students come up to label parts of the passages they read. All others will add that information in corresponding SPEC boxes on their graphic organizers at their seats. -SEE TEACHER NOTES BELOW for the VA Slave Code (1705) primary source content.

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Social Cultural Economic Political

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Resources Porter, Priscilla H. et al. Reflections. Harcourt School Publishers: San Diego. 2007. Dr. David Holland, AHF Guest Speaker. The Idea of Slavery in the Western World. 29 January 2011. Virginia Slave Code 1705. UNOmaha. Images Slide 3, 9, & 12: http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/learning_history/servitude_slavery/ss_slaver y.cfm http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/learning_history/servitude_slavery/ss_slaver y.cfm Slide 4: http://histclo.com/act/work/slave/ast/ast-atle.htmlhttp://histclo.com/act/work/slave/ast/ast-atle.html Slide 5: http://edit.emich.edu/index.php?title=Slaveryhttp://edit.emich.edu/index.php?title=Slavery Slide 6: http://andrewchia.com/?p=2136http://andrewchia.com/?p=2136 Slide 7: http://www.awesomestories.com/assets/inhuman-housing-of-slaves- aboard-slave-shipshttp://www.awesomestories.com/assets/inhuman-housing-of-slaves- aboard-slave-ships Slide 8: http://thepaintedone.wordpress.com/2011/03/ and http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/hist/abolition/?section=abolitionists &page=clarkson&mainContent=seehttp://thepaintedone.wordpress.com/2011/03/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/hist/abolition/?section=abolitionists &page=clarkson&mainContent=see Slide 10 & 12: http://aphistory2010.yolasite.com/ch13.phphttp://aphistory2010.yolasite.com/ch13.php Slide 11: http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/underground_railroad/secret _letter.htm and http://bayweekly.com/old-site/year10/issue_8/lead_1.html http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/underground_railroad/secret _letter.htmhttp://bayweekly.com/old-site/year10/issue_8/lead_1.html