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September 17, 2013

September 17, 2013. Objective: Students will explain the need for slaves in the South. QOTD: Describe the evolution of the workforce on plantations in the South. . Unit 3: Slavery in South Carolina. Key Vocabulary. Indentured servant Slave Plantation Middle Passage Naval Stores.

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September 17, 2013

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  1. September 17, 2013 Objective: Students will explain the need for slaves in the South. QOTD: Describe the evolution of the workforce on plantations in the South.

  2. Unit 3: Slavery in South Carolina

  3. Key Vocabulary • Indentured servant • Slave • Plantation • Middle Passage • Naval Stores

  4. Land Made For Plantations • Warm Weather • Flat land • Rich soil • Plenty of rain • All of these factors made SC ideal for plantations

  5. Need For Labor • Low country planters grew cash crops and sold naval stores • Cash crops: crops that were grown and sold for money; rice, indigo, cotton, tobacco • Naval stores: lumber, tar, used to make ships • What do both of these require? • A LOT OF LABOR!

  6. The First Laborers • Initially SC planters used Native Americans as slaves • They escaped or died of illness • Then used indentured servants • A person who works for a landowner for a set amount of years to pay off a debt

  7. Why did colonist stop using Native Americans on their plantations? • They could easily escape because they knew the territory • They were susceptible to disease

  8. The Arrival of Slaves • Indentured servants worked off their debt and left • Planters still needed labor • The first slaves came from Barbados • More slaves were brought from Africa • “Middle Passage”- triangular trade that brought slave to America • http://www.schooltube.com/video/0c2f0adc6f81d29703ee/Olaudah%20Equiano

  9. Let’s Review • What is an indentured servant? • Give at least two examples of cash crops in South Carolina. • Who were the first laborers in South Carolina? • What made South Carolina a good place for plantations? • Explain the middle passage. • Describe the evolution of the workforce on plantations in the South.

  10. WHAT SKILLS DID SLAVES BRING TO THE CAROLINA COLONY? • Slaves brought many things from Africa and Barbados • Knowledge of harvesting rice, would help rice become major cash crop in SC • Basket weaving • Ironworking • Carpentry (building, working with wood) • Raising animals like cattle; this would become a major industry in Carolina

  11. HOW DID SLAVES IMPACT POPULATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA? • By 1680s, 1/3 of the people of Charles Town were African • By 1730s alone over 27,000 slaves came to the Carolina colony • As the population of slaves grew, they soon outnumbered the white population of the Carolina colony

  12. WHAT AFRICAN CULTURE WAS BROUGHT TO THE CAROLINA COLONY BY SLAVES? • Many slaves had been living in Caribbean islands, including Barbados for many years • They spoke Creole language known as Gullah • Creole: mixture of two languages • Gullah: Creole language mixing English and African language • Gullah people lived on Sea Islands region of SC • Kept many African traditions alive-dances, music, woodcarving, and basket weaving

  13. IMPACT OF STONO REBELLION • Slave Codes (Negro Act of 1740) prohibited slaves from: • Gathering without white supervision • Learning to read and write • Carrying a gun • Not allowed to dress in a way “above the condition of slaves” • The act created harsher punishments for disobeying the law • Also fined owners who were cruel to slaves • Main point!! Slave codes established tighter control over slaves

  14. HOW DID SLAVES RESIST SLAVERY? • 1739- over 100 slaves looking to escape to St. Augustine, Florida broke into a store to steal weapons and killed two white settlers near Stono River • Through the course of the day the rebels attacked and killed white settlers near Charles Town • After being captured by the English, 30 rebels were killed or later executed to prevent similar rebellions. • Event became know as the Stono Rebellion

  15. LIFE FOR FREE AFRICAN AMERICANS • SC had fewer free African-Americans than many colonies • Owners could free slaves for could cause in early 1700s • Some slaves could purchase own freedom • HOWEVER, free blacks were required to leave SC within 6 months or be re-enslaved • 4% free African-Americans lived in SC

  16. ECONOMY OF SOUTH CAROLINA • Early trade with Barbados-traded cattle and Native American slaves • Pine trees were used for naval stores-sold to British to make ships • Africans brought knowledge of cattle herding and rice planting • Rice became known as “Carolina Gold”-became a staple crop • Eliza Lucas- Indigo

  17. MERCANTILISM • Mother country controls trade in order to export more goods than import. • Enabled England to get rich • SC provided raw materials and was a market for British manufactured goods

  18. BRITISH POLICIES • British government offered subsidies to encourage new products • Rice and indigo were on the enumerated list- they could only be sold to England • Britain was lax on this policy, gave SC economic advantage because they could sell to a wider market • Known as salutary neglect (little government interference)

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