1.
a. Slaves made up 280,000 of the 585,000 people who arrived in Britain’s mainland colonies between 1700 and 1775
b. Every European empire in the new world used slavery
c. Slaves produced majority of international goods >sugar, rice, coffee, tobacco
c.i. Slaves composed the majority of cargo that was sold; they also cultivated the necessary crops that were sold internationally.
c.i.1. Slaves were bought and sold at such high prices so they were regularly brought over to the new world. Sugar was the largest sold crop internationally and slaves allowed that crop to prosper.
c.i.1.a. Slaves were the basis of work. If there weren’t slaves to run a plantation then the crop couldn’t be grown and sold.
c.i.1.a.i. Slavery and It’s Legacies in North America is the theme that related to this topic because slavery was the basis of the economy and without it nothing would be sold overseas.
2.
Chesapeake-
Tobacco based
Tobacco was primary source of wealth
Slavery extended westward
Males and females were enslaved
1723 voting privilege for blacks was revoked
Worked as one large group
Rice Kingdom-
Focused on export of Indians to the Caribbean South Carolina was 2/3 black
Produced indigo along with rice
Worked in shifts, not one big group
Allowed time for leisure and to cultivate their own crops
Spread into Georgia
North / New England
Slavery less common; small farms predominated
Even rich families owned minimal amounts of slaves
Laws were less harsh on slaves
Discovered wage laborers were more efficient than slave
a.i. The Chesapeake region was by far the worst for slaves, then the Rice Kingdom, then the North; the severity of the slave cruelty altered in each region greatly.
a.i.1. They had to be stricter with slaves on the big plantations because they had a lot of land to cover and had to be efficient. They could be more lenient on the smaller farms because there were fewer slaves to control and less work to be done.
a.i.1.a. The APUSH theme Slavery and its Legacies in North America relates to this question because it has to do with the severity and treatment towards the slaves in the different regions.
3.
a. Different types and groups of Africans were brought to America
b. Slavery grouped all blacks together
c. No longer identified by tribes; all African-Americans
d. Began to reproduce more rapidly
e. Caught up in American rituals because they were surrounded by white culture
e.i. Slaves were treated differently in every region and every situation; in some situations the masters were very strict on their slaves but in others they let them have some freedom.
e.i.1. The Africans were distinguished by tribes in Africa, but when they came to America they were all classified under African-Americans. They were treated differently in every circumstance but it mostly depended on the region