The document summarizes the history of slavery in colonial America in three parts. It first discusses how the first Africans arrived in chains and over 10 million slaves were brought to the new world by Europeans. Second, it explains that slaves were needed to grow cash crops like tobacco in southern colonies to maximize profits. Third, it provides an overview of the triangular slave trade route between North America, Africa, and England that involved the transport of slaves, goods, and raw materials in each direction.
1. Africans
• First Africans that came to America were in
chains
• Europeans brought 10-11 million slaves to the
new world.
2. Why were slaves needed?
• Cash crops (tobacco) were grown in the
southern colonies
• The greater the harvest = more money
• Northerners used slaves for servants in upper
class homes
3. Slave Trade
• Some were taken in raids
• Some were prisoners of war
• Middle Passage – the middle part of the trade
ship’s route around the Atlantic
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8. • As life became more stable, colonists were
able to focus on producing not only food but
also extra goods that could be sold within the
colonies or Europe
17. • Colonists had to depend on what would grow
on their own land or somewhere nearby.
18. New England Colonies
• Thin rocky cover of soil made farming difficult
• They grew only enough to get by
• Used fishing and whaling for profit
• This led to American shipbuilding business
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23. Middle Colonies
• Farming was main activity
• Known as the bread colonies because they
grow so much grain
• Exported livestock
• Had many rivers that served as water
highways to inland America which helped with
the fur trade
24. Southern Colonies
• Grew tobacco, rice and indigo (cash crops)
• Few other industries grew because they
invested in their land and slaves
25. Money crops
• Tobacco – in demand in Europe
• Rice – could control the tide water levels
• Indigo – grew in the off season of rice and
tobacco
26. • Slaves had skills from Africa on how to grow
cash crops
• Planters may not have succeeded with out
their knowledge
By 1760 60% of South Carolina’s population was slavesWhy did Europeans purchase so many Africans? They always bought more males than females. Males were more suited to heavy labor of the plantations.
Salve traders bought them from other Africans for liquor and various utensils and trinketsVery profitableSlavery in the bible…Israelites were permitted to own slaves, but required to set them free every 7 years unless the slave requested his position to become permanent
Farmers made up 90% of colonistsSubsistence farmers were the majority…raised just enough crops and livestock to provide for their family
Caught, salted and exported fish – especially codBy 1776 nearly 1/3 of british trading ships
Today a dollar is commonly called a buck, referring to the days when the skin of a buck was worth about a dollar
What money crops do America have today?
Read the things colonists used corn for p.42Serve johnny cakes
