AMERICAN ARRIVAL
When African slaves were brought to North
America ( aka…the Original 13 British
colonies) , they were:
1.
broken apart from their families &
members of the same tribe.
2. given Christian/English names
3. prepared for sale and auctioned off.
YOUTUBE
 Slavery Slave Auction………..4:27
 Roots Auction…………..2:09
 Roots: how slaves were named? …….1:03
AMERICAN ARRIVAL
The African slaves were then
sent to various parts of the
colonies to perform hard
manual labor. Work and
treatment varied according to
where the slaves were sent.
SOUTHERN REGION
SOUTHERN REGION
Georgia
* South Carolina
North Carolina
Virginia
Maryland
SOUTHERN REGION
 More slaves lived in the South than in any
other region.
 Slaves worked on farming estates called
plantations.
 Slaves lived in overcrowded cabins.
SOUTHERN REGION
Owners hired “overseers” to mange
slave production. They were often
poor white immigrants.
The major cash crops were: cotton,
rice, tobacco, and indigo.
SOUTHERN REGION
Slaves were often:
 Whipped
 Raped
 Castrated/maimed
as a means of
control
YOUTube
Clip from Roots: Breaking Kunta Kinte ……2:03
Field Slaves (Uncensored)………3:20
SOUTHERN REGION
The majority of slaves worked in the
fields but SOME worked in the house
for the slave-owner.
THIS CAUSED MUCH TENSION &
ANIMOSITY BETWEEN THE SLAVES
house slave vs field slave
 Worked as nannies to
 worked for up to 18
raise the children

Worked as maids and
cooks for the master
hours in the fields
 often had no shoes


Worked as butlers to
serve guest
Had to provide
evidence of how much
work was done
Southern region..
MYTH….All
house slaves were
light -skin and all
field slaves were
dark-skin.
HOUSE SLAVE
YouTUBE
 VERY FUNNY-
Samuel L
Jackson in
Django
Unchained……….
2:20
Slave food?
While house
slaves mainly ate
leftovers from the
master ; the field
slaves created
dishes from the
leftover scraps of
the animals used.
SOUTHERN REGION
 THESE DISHES ARE
STILL VERY POPULAR
WITHIN THE AFRICAN
AMERICAN CULTURE
 THE Y CALL IT “SOUL
FOOD”
SOUTHERN REGION FOOD
PIG/HOG
CHITTERLINGS
CHITTERLINGS
HOG MAWS
PIG FEET
PIG FEET
PIG EARS
SOUTHERN REGION FOOD
CHICKEN
(Scraps)
CHICKEN FEET
CHICKEN FEET
CHICKEN GIZZARDS
CHICKEN GIZZARDS
SOUTHERN REGION FOOD
COW/OX
(scraps)
OX TAIL
OX TAIL
OX TAIL
COW TONGUE
COW TOUNGUE
COW TOUNGUE
Southern Slave Culture
 ALL OF THESE DISHES (and several
MORE unhealthy eating practices)
WERE PASSED DOWN THROUGH
FAMILY GENERATIONS FROM THE
AFRICAN SLAVES UP TO TODAY.
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SLAVE MARRIAGE
SLAVE MARRIAGE
 Slaves were encouraged to be married because it would
make them less likely to run away .
 Slave marriages however WERE NOT official or legal.
They were more so committed relationships.
 The traditional “broom jumping” is STILL practiced by
African Americans to THIS very day.
NO LITERACY!!!!
SLAVES were not permitted to know how to
read and write. If they were caught trying to
learn, they could be severely punished.
However, some found ways to LEARN
anyway!!!
FREDERICK DOUGLASS
Born into slavery,
but managed to
become literate
on his own and
wrote THREE
autobiographies.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS
 CHOSE his OWN
birthday because it was
unknown to him; as
well as all other slaves.
 He CHOSE the NAME
Douglass after a
character in a book he
read while he was free.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS
 ABOLITIONIST
 INFORMED
NORTHERNERS ON HOW
WICKED SLAVERY REALLY
WAS IN THE SOUTH.
 BECAME SUCH A GOOD
ORATOR THAT MANY
DOUBTED THAT HE WAS A
SLAVE AT ALL
FREDERICK DOUGLASS
Not only fought for
equal rights of
African Americans,
but was also very
active in
supporting
women’s suffrage.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS QUOTE # 1
“I WOULD UNITE
WITH ANYBODY
TO DO RIGHT
AND WITH
NOBODY TO DO
WRONG.”
FREDERICK DOUGLASS QUOTE # 2
If there is
no
struggle,
there is no
progress.
YOUR STRUGGLE
WHAT ARE YOU
HAVING A DIFFICULT
TIME WITH IN YOUR
LIFE?
WHAT ISSUE HAVE YOU
OVERCOME OR
GOTTEN PAST IN
YOUR LIFE ?
STRUGGLES
 WEIGHT ISSUES
 RELATIONSHIP ISSUES
 FAMILY PROBLEMS
 MONEY PROBLEMS
 DEATH OF A VERY CLOSE ONE
 GRADES OR ACADEMICS
 ABUSE/NEGLECT
 HOMELESSNESS
 LONELINESS/ DEPRESSION
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MIDDLE COLONIES
MIDDLE COLONIES
 Delaware
 Pennsylvania
 New Jersey
 New York
MIDDLE COLONIES
 Slaves in this region were skilled in various trades.
 Slaves worked in factories and did construction
instead of being in fields.
 Slaves had more rights than those in the South and
some were set free after serving a certain time.
MIDDLE COLONIES
Skilled slaves in the
middle colonies
worked in
masonry
Masonry- shaping and
placing stones for
buildings
MIDDLE COLONIES
Skilled slaves in
the middle
colonies worked
as glaziers.
glaziers- shapes and
places glass foe
windows on buildings
MIDDLE COLONIES
Skilled slaves in the
middle colonies
worked as
shipwrights.
Shipwrights – build ships
GOLDSMITHS
Slaves in the
middle colonies
worked as
goldsmiths.
goldsmiths- shape and
cut gold for jewelry.
MIDDLE COLONIES
Even though slaves in the middle
colonies did not work in the fields
and face brutal beatings as the
slaves in the south; they were STILL
mistreated and worked very hard.
MIDDLE COLONIES
In 1991 skeletal remains
of slaves were found deep
under the ground in New
York City by construction
workers.
Forensic scientists
concluded that the slaves
had been worked to
death.
Read the articles about the
African Burial Ground.
NEW ENGLAND COLONIES
NEW ENGLAND COLONIES
 New Hampshire
 Massachusetts (in 2
areas)
 Rhode Island
 Connecticut
NEW ENGLAND COLONIES
Blacks had more
rights and were
able to move
about freely and
participate in
community
events.
NEW ENGLAND COLONIES
White
abolitionists,
Pilgrims/Quakers
were sympathetic to
the black slaves and
gave help by
providing hiding
places and writing
anti-slavery articles
& books.
WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON
 From Massachusetts
 called for the
IMMEDIATE
emancipation of slaves
 founder of American
Anti-Slavery Society
 Editor of newspaper
called The Liberator
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE
 From Connecticut
 Author of the popular
book Uncle Tom’s
Cabin which revealed
the brutality of slavery.
 Her book was hated
by slave-owners and
banned in the South
JOHN BROWN
 From Connecticut
 Called for the
abolishment of slavery
through violence and
killing of slave-owners.
 Was hanged to death
after leading an
unsuccessful raid.
FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW
 Blacks were NOT COMPLETELY SAFE in
the New England Colonies.
Federal Law required ANY runaway slave
(found in northern states) BE RETURNED
to the south and placed back into slavery.
JUST IMAGINE….
Suppose you were mistreated, abused, and
held captive by your guardian BUT you
managed to runaway to an area that they
can’t find you.
BUT…
People around you want to take you back, so
they can get reward money.
OR
IMAGINE you were already living as a FREE
Black man/woman in the North
BUT……
Someone wants to earn reward money and
kidnaps you in hopes to hand you over to the law