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Life in the South

Life in the South. Chapter 7 Lesson 2 Pages 262-266. Objectives. 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.

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Life in the South

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  1. Life in the South Chapter 7 Lesson 2 Pages 262-266

  2. Objectives • 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.

  3. Vocabulary • PLANTER – the plantation owner • OVERSEER – person hired to watch over the enslaved people as they worked

  4. Treatment of Slaves • 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

  5. Resisting Slavery • Broke tools • Pretended to be sick • Worked slowly • NOTE: Punishment if caught was harsh

  6. Dealing with Slavery • Kept culture alive • Told stories • Sang songs about Africa • Late 1700’s many found Christian religion a source of strength

  7. Plantation System • 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)

  8. Life on Small Farms • 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

  9. Free Africans – Black Seminoles • 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

  10. Fort Muse (moh-SAY) • 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

  11. The Southern Ecomony Chapter 7 Lesson 3 Pages 268-271

  12. Objectives • Understand how geography affected the economy of the Southern Colonies • Identify the major industries in the Southern Colonies

  13. Vocabulary • 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

  14. CASH CROPS • Charles Town – Port in South Carolina • Plantations – items produced shipped to England & West Indies

  15. CLIMATE • 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

  16. Economic Growth • Planters needed merchants for goods & services • Traders & Merchants needed Plantations for crops & raw material • INTERDEPENDENCE

  17. EXPORTING GOODS • 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

  18. Other Industries • Farming #1 • Forests – • Wilmington, NC • Shipping center for forest goods • Built saw mills • Naval Stores

  19. The End

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