southern Colonies

plantations and Small Farms

• Huge plantations were more like villages
• Often the planters would live in the center of the plantation
• Most plantation workers were usually enslaved Africans
• Most southern lived on small family farms
• All family members or some slaves/servents worked on the farm 

Family life

• Most kids were home schooled and were taught by a teacher
• Boys spent there free time outside and girls learned new skills
• Education for back country kids was hard 
• Back country kids started to work around the house and farm at an early age
• Children learned how to read, write, sing, and dance

Slavery

• Indentured servants did most of the work in the 1600's
• Most slaves lived in the Southern Colonies
• African slaves were brought to North America during 1600 and 1700

Life under slavery

• Enslaved Africans were not treated as humans
• Bought and sold as property
• Family were separated
• Everyone was forced to work
• Harsh punishments is they didn't work hard

African American culture

• Helped each other to get through the harsh life
• Religion was a source of strength
• Made things up to help them get through the day
• Made up spiritual songs to help pass time

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