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A Plantation Economy Arises

A Plantation Economy Arises. Southern colonies were mostly  grown primarily for sale rather than for farmer’s own use (VA, MD, NC) (SC, GA) Largely rural, self-sufficient society No need for docks in region Goods produced on plantation

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A Plantation Economy Arises

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  1. A Plantation Economy Arises • Southern colonies were mostly •  grown primarily for sale rather than for farmer’s own use • (VA, MD, NC) • (SC, GA) • Largely rural, self-sufficient society • No need for docks in region • Goods produced on plantation • Fewer communal institutions

  2. Life in Southern Society *hereditary

  3. Fall Line

  4. Labor needs Native Americans Indentured Servants African slaves Worked for life Difficult to escape Resistance to European diseases Knowledge of farming techniques Most (80-90%) worked in fields in North America Slavery Becomes Entrenched

  5. Stowage of the British Slave Ship Brookes, 1790

  6. Africans Cope in Their New World • Slaves struggled to maintain cultural practices • Surrogate families • Religious/spiritual practices • Dance • Language • Resistance • Daily forms  illness, breaking tools, slowing down • Revolt • : 1739 • Slaves killed several planter families • Attempted to march south to Spanish Florida • Stopped by militia • Led to stricter slave laws • Escape Gullah

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