1. Slavery in the Colonies
August 24th

2. Bell Work What was the African Diaspora?
What was the purpose of branding the slaves?

3. Standards
Standard: SS.8.A.2.7 Describe the contributions of key groups (Africans, Native Americans, women, and children) to the society and culture of colonial America.
SS.8.A.2. Differentiate economic systems of New England, Middle and Southern colonies including indentured servants and slaves as labor sources
Objective: I will be to understand the development of slavery in the British colonies.
E.Q: How did slave culture in the America’s develop?
Check for understanding: create a cause and effect chart.

4. Slave Spirituals Listen to the following slave spirituals.
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Then get your handout and answer the questions with your shoulder partner.
Discuss the questions

5. Slave Culture in the Americas
Slaves in the Americas spoke different languages and came from different cultural backgrounds.
However, they did have a lot in common, so they used that to build a new African American culture

6. Slave Culture in the Americas
Families were a vital part of slave culture.
They were used a refuge but families were often broken apart
Religion was a second refuge.
They were typically Christian with a mixture of African religions

7. Slave Culture in the Americas
Religion gave them hope and allowed them to express themselves.
They used spirituals, songs, and folktales to express themselves and raise their spirits
Slaves also expressed themselves through art and dance which were influenced by African traditions

8. Slavery in the Jamestown
Jamestown, Virginia was the first permanent English colony in America.
Due to high mortality rates (death rates), the colonists needed a source of labor.
At first, they started to bring indentured servants
Indentured servants are workers who sign a contract to work for 4 to 7 years for an employer who pays for their journey to America.

9. Slavery in Virginia
The first Africans to arrive in Virginia came by a Dutch ship in 1619.
Some were servants, some were slaves
As the demand for labor grew and the price of slaves dropped, more colonists turned to slave labor.
By the mid-1600s, most Africans in Virginia were slaves.

10. Slavery in the Southern Colonies
Southern colonies could grow a large number of cash crops such as tobacco, rice, and indigo.
These cash crops required a large number of workers
By the 1700s, slave labor rather than indentured servitude was the main source of labor on plantations
The Southern colonies passed slave codes to prevent the slaves from rebelling
Slave codes are laws designed to control slaves.
Some were stricter than others

12. Slavery in the Middle and New England Colonies
New England colonies could not grow cash crops, so slavery did not become very important to this region.
The Middle colonies relied on indentured servants rather than slave labor.
However they did use some slaves to work on farms, as skilled laborers, and on ships

13. Check for understanding
Create a cause and effect chart
In the cause section, give reasons why the African Americans were enslaved.
Example: need for labor
In the effects section, explain what happened to the people they left behind in Africa, what happened to the American economy, and how African American culture in the U.S. developed.

14. Get into Groups of Four Get into groups of four
Imagine that you are a group of colonists opposed to slave labor (abolitionists)
Your group will write a proposal that suggests alternatives to slave labor, including the development of other industries that would require more specialized labor.
You must write at least one paragraph 3-5 sentences describing:
What is your proposal
Why you are suggesting it
How it is better than slave labor

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