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Slavery/Slaves
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who lived in the New World first? | Native Americans |
| Who settled in South Carolina first? | English |
| Who first instituted slavery? | English |
| Where was slavery first instituted? | Barbados |
| Who was involved in the slave trade? | slaves, planters from South Carolina and people from other colonies |
| How were slaves brought to South Carolina? | on crowded ships |
| What was the slave trade? | slaves being bought by planters in South Carolina and people from other colonies |
| What were the people who owned large plantations called? | planters |
| Who worked on plantations? | slaves |
| Who made planters rich? | Slaves from West and Central Africa, enslaved people from Barbados and other islands in the West Indies |
| What role did the African Americans play in developing plantation economy (the way money was made)? | They grew sugar and rice fields which made the English men rich. |
| What does it mean to be enslaved? | made into someone else’s property and forced to do hard labor with no personal gain |
| What did enslaved people have to do? | they were forced to do what their owners said |
| What made English settlers’ plantation system successful? | slave labor, rice, indigo, and sugar plantations |
| How were slaves brought to South Carolina? | chained together below decks for weeks on very crowded and unsanitary |
| Slavery was first instituted or brought to Barbados. Where were slaves taken after being taken to Barbados? | Charleston |
| What dominated the culture of the low country and eventually the culture of all South Carolina? | the institution of slavery |
| What was the slave trade? | a process of buying and selling slaves |
| What took plcae at a slave auctions? | slaves were looked over, or inspected by people who were going to purchase them and sold to the person who placed the highest bid |
| What is the best way to describe the daily life of a slave? | hard work, doing household chores, long hours in the fields and gardens that benefited the plantation owner, not the worker |
| What jobs were male slaves allowed to perform? | 1. a person who steered boats through shipping ports 2. a person who made barrels 3. a person who built homes, fences, and dikes4. a person who steered boats through shipping ports 5. farm worker6. craftsmen 7 |
| What jobs were female slaves allowed to perform? | 1. nanny 2. maid 3. house servant 4. field worker |
| What were two jobs that a slave was NOT allowed to perform? | 1. teacher 2. lawyer 3. judge 4. plantation owner |
| What important contribution did the enslaved African Americans bring with them from West Africa to make the economy (the way money was made)? | the knowledge of how to grow rice and the tools needed to grow rice |
| What crop from African American slaves became known as “Carolina Gold”? | Rice |
| Why was rice called “Carolina Gold”? | because it made planters rich |
| What led to the Gullah culture? | the blending of African traditions |
| What interesting things make up the Gullah culture? | music, stories and art forms, such as sweetgrass basket weaving |
| What kinds of food do we enjoy today that was brought here by enslaved Africans? | okra, gumbo, yams, hoppin’ john, and the technique of frying food |
| What did the laws of Stono Rebellion state? | Slave owners had to treat their slaves better, owners had to give their slaves enough food and clothing, they could not punish slaves harshly as they did before |
| What was the Stono Rebellion? | this rebellion was an example of violence much like a riot that was quickly put down, participating slaves were executed and a new set of laws was passed in South Carolina to control slaves |
| What did enslaved people do to resist against white authority? | sabotage tools, work slowly, run away or rebel, demonstrate violence, such as the Stono Rebellion |
| How did African Americans keep their culture alive? | 1.Through music-it was a way for them to express their feelings 2. food-they cooked as they had done in Africa 3. dances and music, 4. clothing-they dressed like they had in Africa |
| What was valuable to the wealth of the lowcountry planters in SC? | slave labor |
| Why were slaves important to the wealth of SC planters? | because slaves knew how to grow rice |
| What crop was the main source of plantation economic growth and wealth? | rice |
| What was the main way to sell slaves? | Slave trade/ slave auction |
| What happened to the slaves that participated in the Stono Rebellion? | slaves were executed and a new set of rules were put into place to control slaves |
| What is the blending of different African cultures called? | the Gullah culture |
| Describe two examples of what life was like for settlers in the backcountry. | hard workers that were poor, had to grow crops to eat and sell, were attacked by the Yemassee, and were not social. |
| List three examples of how the slave trade worked. | Slaves were brought in on crowded ships, were inspected for disease and good health, colonists mad a bid, slaves were sold to the highest bidder |
| Describe four things about daily life for slaves. | slaves were forced to work from sun up to sun down in fields doing chores, they were given very little food or clothing, they weren't allowed to go anywhere without a pass,they kept their culture alive after working by singing spirtuals, dancing to music |
| Dr. Henry Woodward may have been one of the first people in SC to | grow rice and trade fur with the Native |
| Describe two ways slaves resisted against their owners. | they worked slowly, ran away, stole things, sabataged tools |
| Describe two ways slaves kept their African culture alive. | they kep their culture alive by playing music, cooking food, wear clothes, making baskets, and and using thier own language |
| Why did the colonists ask for a royal government to take over the colony? | because the Lord's Proprietors did not protect them from the native american attacks |
| Describe two ways slaves cared for rice plantations. | African kids scared away the birds, they grew and harvested the crops |
| Describe the Huguenots. | rich elite people from France that moved to the SC for religious freedom and land. They started the Social Society. |
| What was the cause of the Yemassee War? | the settlers took Beaufort. |
| Why did people from barbados come to South Carolina? | to start a settlement or claim the land, and get rich from cash crops |
| Who were the first rulers or people to settle in SC? (They took the land from the native americans and claimed it.) | the Lord's Proprietors from England 9The English0 |
| What did the Lords Proprietors offer to settlers if they moved to the New World? | Free land, Religious Freedom, and Free slaves |
| what would an abolitionist in the mid 1800's probably say? | free slaves...end slavery.... |
| What are the main reason SC seceded from the Union? | 1)They thought their state's rights were being taken away 2) They feared Abraham Lincoln was going to end slavery. |
| Where did most people live in the early 1800's? | Small farms and large plantations |
| What war took place in Charleston at fort Sumter between the North and the South? | The Civil War |
| Which two groups of people fought against each other during the Civil War? | The South (Confederate states) and the North ( Union states) |
| Who won the Civil War? | The Union |
| Who was president of the Union? | Abraham Lincoln |
| Who was elected president of the Confederate States? | Jefferson Davis |
| Who believed SC had a right to state's rights? | John C. Calhoun |
| Who was the slave that steered himself and others to freedom because he was asked to steer the CSS Planter during the Civil War? | Robert Smalls |
| Who was the Union's General during the Civil War? | Ulysses Grant |
| Who was the Confederate's General during the Civil War? | Robert E. Lee |
| What major city was the capital of SC? | Charleston |
| What city became the capital of SC during the middle of the 1700s? | Columbia |
| Why did the Union navy blockade Charleston Harbor? | 1)to stop the south from trading with Europe 2)to keep ships from coming in or out 3) to keep the south from getting supplies |
| What happened in SC after the Stono Rebeliion? | SC passed laws to restrict or control slaves |
| What rebellious activity did slaves engage in that caused them to be executed and forced white southerns in SC to pass more laws to restrict black slaves' activities. | the Stono Rebellion |
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