what have we already learned about enslaved african americans?
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What have we already learned about enslaved African Americans? Let's create a tree map in your SS notebook to add to as we learn about all 6 classes this week!. Social Classes of the Antebellum (Before the War) period. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
What have we already learned about enslaved African Americans?
Let's create a tree map in your SS notebook to add to as we learn about all 6 classes this week!
Social Classes of theAntebellum (Before the War) period
There were many different classes of people in South Carolina during this time period. Some people had very rough, unfair lives, and others were very rich and had lots of privileges. All of these people had very different lifestyles. Can you predict what type of life each class had by looking at the name?
EliteMiddle Class
Independent FarmersLower Class
Free African AmericansEnslaved African Americans
Plantations
Small Farms
Where did the slaves live before they were captured and brought to the United States?
West Africa and the West Indies
Slaves were captured in West Africa and the West Indies and brought to the United States. The slaves traveled on unsanitary crowded ships, and they were often transported in chains so they couldn't escape. They were auctioned off in slave trades to the highest bidder, and were often separated from their families forever. Whoever bought them took them home and forced them to work without pay.
Lower Class Free AfricanAmericans
Enslaved AfricanAmericans
Independent Farmers
Middle ClassElite
owned 20 or more slaveshad a skill or talent
unpaid labor
uneducated and unskilled
owned a small farm
lived in cities and towns
lived in one room cabins
owned large plantations
attorneys, physicians, merchants
involved in government
owned few slaves for housework
farmed on rented land
children had to help farm
worked with their slaves in field
could not read or writepaid taxes to be free
tried to buy family's freedom
farmed in the upstate
private tutors for children
We are going to create a class tree map out of the slips of paper I give you. When you know which class your piece of paper belongs to bring it up to our chart and we will glue it on.
Use your notes if needed.