Southern Society Family Plantation Society Slavery

Southern Family Death rate very High: most died 1st year –L–L–L–Life expectancy 20 years less than N E. Most settlers young men: 6 to 1 ratio –B–B–B–By 1700 about 2 1/2 to 1. A spouse would die within 7 years Women had less children: they had to –W–W–W–Wait to complete indenture servitude

Virginian Tobacco Farm

Plantation Society Virginia & Maryland: tobacco cash crop Virginia & Maryland: tobacco cash crop –No freeman was willing to grow another –Man’s tobacco Grow wealthy by buying land and getting Grow wealthy by buying land and getting –Labor. Turned to slave labor Stratification: gentry, freeman, indenture, Stratification: gentry, freeman, indenture, –And slaves Gentry class came to dominate society Gentry class came to dominate society Less educated, William and Mary, gentry Less educated, William and Mary, gentry –Children often educated in Europe

Slave Trade

Slave Ship

Development of slavery History: universal institution ag. society History: universal institution ag. society Sugar plantations: Portuguese, Spain, Sugar plantations: Portuguese, Spain, –England. Caribbean, South America 4% to North America, Natural increase 4% to North America, Natural increase –500,000 between m by First Africans treated as indentured, many First Africans treated as indentured, many –Became free, owned their own land, p 74 By 1700 Africans seen as slave race: By 1700 Africans seen as slave race: –Greed for labor, exploitation Slave codes: no property, no guns, no education, cannot travel, no groups Slave codes: no property, no guns, no education, cannot travel, no groups