1. SLAVES IN EVERY NC COUNTY
HOW COMMON WAS SLAVERY IN NC AND
WHAT FACTORS MADE SLAVERY MORE
PREVALENT IN SOME AREAS OF NC THAN OTHERS? 262-3
1 IN 4 OWNED SLAVES
SLAVES IN EVERY NC COUNTY
DOWN EAST AND AREAS WITH
SANDY SOIL= COTTON, TOBACCO
1 IN 4 WERE SLAVES
MOST COMMON NEAR
GOOD SOIL, PORTS

2. 264-265: DESCRIBE THE OPERATION OF A PLANTATION,
INCLUDING ITS PURPOSE, TASKS ACCOMOLISHED BY
SLAVES, AND ORGANIZATION OF SLAVES
RAISE CROPS FOR SALE
TASK:
COTTON AND TOBACCO
ALSO RAISED FOOD
FOR RESIDENTS
FIELD LABOR AND
ARTISANS
GANG LABOR:
GANG WOULD HAVE A TASK
TO COMPLETE

3. CONDITION OF SLAVES, ROLE OF SLAVE CODE, LIMITATIONS
ON FREEDOM, HOUSING:
SLAVE CODE: DEFINED HOW THEY LIVED
NO “NATURAL RIGHTS”
MUST HAVE PASS
NO FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT
COULD NOT LEARN TO
READ OR RIGHT, AND
COULD NOT GET MARRIED
HOUSING: USUALLY
SUBSTANDARD SHACKS

4. FREE PERSONS OF COLOR: RESTRICTIONS AND EXAMPLES
OF ECONOMIC/SOCIAL SUCCESS
MOST FACED PREJUDICE AND
ILL TREATMENT
SOME TOWNS REQUIRED ARMBANDS
MOST DAY WORKERS OR TRADESMEN
200 FREE BLACKS OWNED SLAVES
A FEW BECAME WEALTHY PLANTERS