Chapter 3 Section 3 Excluding Native Americans- 20%- population- African ancestry
Chapter 3 Section 3 Middle Passage- British ships carried slaves Enslaved Africans- mutiny- revolt Slavery was legal SC and GA- “low country”- rice and indigo Vast majority- population- African Americans Make crafts, baskets, pottery, played music VA and MD- slaves- minority of the population Slaves born in the colonies Cultivate tobacco
Chapter 3 Section 3 Encouraged slaves to raise families New England and Middle Colonies- 50,000 African Americans Worked as cooks, housekeepers, personal servants Worked along the seacoast Slaves- purchase their freedom Limited rights- could not vote, ride on ships Stono Rebellion- Charleston, SC- slaves kill 20 white people 13 African Americans burned alive