1. A Plantation Economy Arises Southern colonies were mostly –  grown primarily for sale rather than for farmer’s own use (VA, MD, NC) (SC, GA) –Largely rural, self-sufficient society No need for docks in region Goods produced on plantation Fewer communal institutions

2. Life in Southern Society Southern Social Structure Upper Class Middle Class Lower Class *hereditary

3. Fall Line

4. Slavery Becomes Entrenched Labor needs –Native Americans –Indentured Servants –African slaves Worked for life Difficult to escape Resistance to European diseases Knowledge of farming techniques Most (80-90%) worked in fields in North America

5. Stowage of the British Slave Ship Brookes, 1790

6. Africans Cope in Their New World Slaves struggled to maintain cultural practices –Surrogate families –Religious/spiritual practices –Dance –Language Resistance –Daily forms  illness, breaking tools, slowing down –Revolt : 1739 –Slaves killed several planter families –Attempted to march south to Spanish Florida –Stopped by militia –Led to stricter slave laws –Escape Gullah