Southern Colonies

Plantations

• very large
• needed lots of workers
• workers were usually enslaved Americans
• they grew their own cash crops and food
• planters family lived in large mansions

Family LIfe

• children of wealthy planters had an easy life
• kids were educated
• parents hired teachers
• on kids free time they did fun activities
• backcountry children learned helping at early age

southern slavery

• slaves weren't important in early 1600s
• slaves were sometimes used as laborers
• slave population grew in late 1600s
• most slaves lived in southern colonies
• enslaved people helped them survive

life under slavery

• bought and sold as property
• families were separated in slavery
• overseers sometimes whipped slaves
• some slaves tried running away
• had poor food, clothing, and shelter

african american culture

• created a community like a family
• a source of strength was religion
• enslaved people created a new culture 
• made up songs to pass by time
• they created a new language