 LIVED MOSTLY IN THE SOUTH
 USED INDENTURED SERVANTS
AND/OR SLAVES FOR LABOR
 WERE EDUCATED
 HAD RICH SOCIAL CULTURE
 Entertained at lavish dinners and balls, lived in Mansions
 Church of England at the Heart of their social life
 Few towns: the plantations WERE the town with schools, etc. located there.
 Grew:
 RICE COTTON TOBACCO
 CAPTURED IN NATIVE AFRICA AND
SOLD TO SLAVE TRADERS; THEN
SHIPPED TO COLONIES WHERE SOLD
INTO SLAVERY
 OWNED AS PROPERTY FOR LIFE
WITHOUT ANY RIGHTS
 OFTEN BORN INTO SLAVERY
(MOTHER WAS A SLAVE)
 Not allowed to vote
 Often mistreated
 Homes were crude and poorly built
 worked sun-up to sun-down
 No medical care, poor diet
 Families separated
 No education
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 sold tobacco, tar, pitch, turpentine, lumber, and some crops.
 Respectable-some had a few slaves
 Used livestock such as oxen to plow and harvest.
 Used basic tools and farming supplies, wagons, etc.
 Used guns for protection
 Some basic education, not a lot

Artisan
 Hired by Large Land Owners to oversee farm operations and manage slaves on plantations
 Used guns and whips to maintain order and enforce hard work
 Men and women (even when pregnant) were expected to work side by side and were whipped for any infraction
 Lived on the farm
 Purchased slaves for Land owner
 Also purchased supplies needed for farming by slaves
 SOUTHERN
 WORKED AS CRAFTSMEN IN TOWNS
AND ON PLANTATIONS
 LIVED IN SMALL VILLAGES AND
CITIES
 Printed books, newspapers, pamphlets and other publications
 Printed news about Merchant shipping of goods/slaves/etc.
 Printed news about Market goods/sales
 Paper is made from lumber
 ink is made from dye
 A single page of a colonial newspaper could take up to 25 hours of labor to produce
 NEW ENGLAND

Artisan
Artisan
 WORKED AS CRAFTSMEN IN TOWNS
AND ON PLANTATIONS
 LIVED IN SMALL VILLAGES AND
CITIES
 Tradesman who made casks, buckets, barrels, and containers for shipping, grain, tobacco, milk, drink and dye
 The word cooper comes from the Middle
English word “couper,” which means tub or container
 Clear white oak staves (wooden planks for barrels) split from the centers of mature trees were used to make the barrels
 NEW ENGLAND
 WORKED AS CRAFTSMEN IN TOWNS
AND ON PLANTATIONS
 LIVED IN SMALL VILLAGES AND
CITIES
 They made wheels for wagons, carriages, and riding chairs
 Wheelwrights also built or repaired carts, wheelbarrows and wagons.
 Wheelwrights cut, chiseled, fashioned, and shaped wheels from wood.
 NEW ENGLAND
 Store often served as a gathering point where people could debate politics, or sift through the latest European imports.
 A colonial grocer sold tea, flour, barrels, furs, guns, clothing, tobacco, rice, silver goods
 Many of them located in Market Towns
 MIDDLE

Artisan
 WORKED AS CRAFTSMEN IN TOWNS
AND ON PLANTATIONS
 LIVED IN SMALL VILLAGES AND
CITIES
 Shoemaking was one of the earliest industries in the original 13 colonies
 A standard pair of shoes would take between 8 and 10 hours to make.
 One pattern was used, so left and right shoes were exactly the same.
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Shoes were made from leather, gotten from the hides of livestock
NEW ENGLAND
 Colonial tavern was part bar, part restaurant, part motel, and part stable
 Necessary for travelers going from one place to another by horse or carriage
 Provided food, drink, rooms for the night, care of horse and carriage
 Place where meetings of all sorts were held by the community
 Needed household furnishings, Supplies for horses and carriages, food
 Sometimes had to maintain order/defense with guns
 MIDDLE

Artisan
 WORKED AS CRAFTSMEN IN TOWNS
AND ON PLANTATIONS
 LIVED IN SMALL VILLAGES AND
CITIES
 Apprenticeships took up to 7years-it was a very specialized skill
 Fixed guns, axes, and other metal tools
 Needed some wood for parts
 American gunsmiths produced the long rifle for hunting
 Long rifle allowed hunters to kill deer from long distances.
 NEW ENGLAND