Social Studies Chapter 5
Lesson 1
Vocabulary
• Indentured Servant-a person agrees to work
for someone for a set period of time (usually 5
years) in exchange for paying for their
transportation to the colonies. Works toward
their freedom.
• Slave trade-buying and selling of enslaved
(slaves) people
• Artisan-a worker with a special skill excarpenter or a shoemaker
• Huguenots-settlers to NY from France
Why did people
come to NY?
• Dream of buying land
• Religious freedom
• Finding a Job
Who came to New York?
• British-British were from England,
Scotland and Wales.
• French-Huguenots
settled in New Paltz
• Germans
settled in Dutchess County
Rhinebeck
Others that came to New York
Indentured Servant
• Colonist paid for trip
• Servant promises to work
for a period of time (5
years) - Eventually was set
free
• Worked hard in cities and
farms
Slave
• Purchased just like property
• Usually had no hope to be
free
• Worked hard in cities and
farms
New York had a Mix of Cultures
• Languages
• Foods
• Ways of building houses
• Customs
• Music
• stories
Video on Indentured Servants and
Slaves
• http://www.learn360.com/ShowVideo.aspx?I
D=348396
Examples of cultures
• Dutch
Ice Skating
• Huguenots
Stone Houses
• English
Tennis
Slavery in NY
Slavery Expands
1664
• 700 Africans lived in NY
1764
• 20,000 Africans lived in NY
• Many of them were free
and owned land
• Many of them were
enslaved (slaves)
Why did Slavery expand?
• The Slave Trade
– The buying and selling of slaves
• Slave trade caused the population of African
Americans to rise
Jobs the Slaves did:
• Did many of the same jobs Europeans did
• Became artisans-someone with a special skill
• Men were Carpenters, shoemakers, plowed
fields, cut wood
• Women worked in homes- cooked, made
clothes
Escaping Slavery was Dangerous
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Freedom meant escaping
Escaping was dangerous
Rewards for capturing slaves
Slavery was dangerous because:
Returned slaves were punished harshly
Slaves would try to escape to the land of the
Native Americans. THEY WERE WELCOMED
THERE.
Slaves Revolt
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In 1712, Slaves revolt in NYC
Set fire to a building
21 slaves were captured and executed
A result of the slave revolt was:
• This caused people to begin speaking out
against slavery