SLAVERY

AFRICANS IMPORTED:

• US: 12.5 million
• Caribbean: over 90%
• South America: over 90%

COLONIES ALLOWED SLAVERY

• Conneticut
• Delaware
• New York
• New England
• Massachusetts

SLAVE CODE:

• Any slave caught stealing would be whipped
• Illegal to teach slaves to read/write
• No slave can testify in court

PUNISHMENT:

• Whipping
• Shackling
• Hanging
• Beating
• Burning

CROPS IN SOUTH (MAJOR)

• Tobacco
• Rice
• Cotton

SLAVES ARRIVING/SELLING

• After arrived they were prepared
• Washed, shaved, and rubbed with palm oil
• Sold at an auction to owners

WORKING IN SOUTHERN/NORTHERN COLONIES

• Washing clothes
• Cooking
• Picking cotton
• Harvesting
• Both were very similar

HOW THEY PASSED ON CULTURE

• Sang songs
• -preserved culture and were passed down from generation to generation