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Slavery in North Carolina

Slavery in North Carolina. Key Vocabulary. Plantation Staple crop Artisan Slave code Quarters Free black Page 262. North Carolina was a slave state. However, slavery was not as dominant as in other states ¼ of the population was enslaved people

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Slavery in North Carolina

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  1. Slavery in North Carolina

  2. Key Vocabulary • Plantation • Staple crop • Artisan • Slave code • Quarters • Free black • Page 262

  3. North Carolina was a slave state • However, slavery was not as dominant as in other states • ¼ of the population was enslaved people • Most slave holding families in NC only owned 1 slave

  4. Every county had slaves • Most of the slave population was in the tidewater section of the Coastal Plains • Because they had the best soil • And the land was closer to the ports for easy shipping

  5. What was a Plantation? • It was owned by a white family who owned more than 20 slaves • They used slave labor to clear and cultivate their land • Some even taught their slaves to be artisans • Some plantations were their own little neighborhoods, with stores and schools and even a doctor.

  6. Bonarva and Belgrade Plantations • Owned by Ebenezer Pettigrew • 91 slaves between the 2 plantations • Ebenezer believed in an “ideal” relationship with his slaves • He gave the best medical treatment • Housed them in “comfortable homes” • Issued adequate food supplies and clothing • Encouraged his slaves to tend to small fields by guaranteeing cash rewards for the sale of their crops • Provided rewards for slaves who performed skilled jobs

  7. Somerset Place 1785-1865 • Located in Washington County • Owned by the Collins Family • 100,000 acres • They farmed rice, corn and wheat • Had 20 slave cabins • Home to around 800 enslaved people www.nchistoricsites.org/somerset/

  8. Fairntosh Plantation (Stagville) • Located in Durham County • Was the largest in the state • Is a cluster of 6 farms • Owned by the Cameron/ Bennehan family • Had a chapel and a school

  9. The Slave Code • Outlined the social, economic, and physical place of a slave • 2 freedoms denied to slave • No freedom of movement • Denied advancement • Denied the “pursuit of happiness”

  10. Slave Quarters • Lived in 1 room homes made of logs • Most had their own gardens

  11. Slaves life • Worked (labored) from sunup to sundown 6 days a week (unless you worked in the house) • Had religious services • Sang songs from Africa • They could be beaten, sold or sent away at any time

  12. Freed blacks • Were treated poorly • Most worked on farms or as tradesmen • 200 freed black owned slaves • In many cases the slaves were relatives bought to keep them from being owned by whites • Some freed blacks became successful craftsmen and businessmen

  13. Thomas Day • Well known free black who was a cabinetmaker • Ran his own shop with both black and white workers • Day’s furniture became some of the most prized possessions of people in Caswell county • His family was so prominent they were able to sit in the same pews as whites in church

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