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Africans arrive in Carolina

Africans arrive in Carolina. 8-1.4. I. SC Economy. Africans were important to starting SC’s economy. Economy was based on plantations growing labor-intensive cash crops. Not very many indentured servants left for Carolina. Planters used native at first, but they could escape. I. SC Economy.

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Africans arrive in Carolina

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  1. Africans arrive in Carolina 8-1.4

  2. I. SC Economy • Africans were important to starting SC’s economy. • Economy was based on plantations growing labor-intensive cash crops. • Not very many indentured servants left for Carolina. • Planters used native at first, but they could escape.

  3. I. SC Economy • Settlers from Barbados brought African slaves to Carolina. • More slaves were brought from West Africa on the Middle Passage. • These slaves had knowledge of rice cultivation & cattle herding. • Slaves were used to harvest naval stores and lumber.

  4. I. SC Economy • More cash crops meant more slaves were needed. • Thousands of Africans began being brought in the 1690s to Carolina. • More slaves means more crops means more money!

  5. II. Slave Culture • Most American slaves came from West Africa bringing: • Language. • Dance. • Music. • Woodcarving. • Folk medicine. • Basket weaving. • Music was used in the fields until banned by whites.

  6. II. Slave Culture • Gullah is a language created by slaves. • Spoken only in the Sea Islands of SC and coast of Georgia. • It is a mixture of English, French, and African languages with some new words.

  7. III. Too many slaves? • By 1698, the Assembly began to worry about the number of slaves. • More slaves than whites is dangerous. • But less slaves meant less money. • Assembly did not slow down or stop importing slaves. • Slaves eventually outnumber whites because of demand for cash crops.

  8. III. Too many slaves? • The Stono Rebellion occurred outside Charles Towne. • A small group of slaves wanted to escape to Florida where Spain was offering freedom. • Broke into a store on the Stono River and killed 2 whites. • More slaves joined them. • By the end of the day, a few whites and many slaves were dead.

  9. III. Too many slaves? • Slave Codes were strengthened afterwards. • Controlled every aspects of a slave’s life. • Created harsh punishments for breaking the law. • Fined and punished slaves owners for being to cruel. • Slave trade was STILL NOT limited.

  10. IV. Freedmen • SC had less free blacks than many colonies. • The legislature allowed owners to manumit slaves by early 1700s. • Not often because slaves were so valuable. • Some bought their freedom because they had skills they used to make money.

  11. IV. Freedmen • At one time, a law said that free blacks had to leave SC within 6 months or be turned into a slave again. • Most free blacks lived in urban areas so they could make money. • After American Revolution, more laws made it harder to free slaves.

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