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Chapter 6 – Middle and Southern Colonies
Lesson 4 – Life in the South
Pg. 210-215
What will we learn today?
•Today we will about life in the Southern Colonies.
Words to Watch For
•indigo•overseer•spiritual
Lesson 3 – The Southern Colonies
•Where?•Southern Colonies•What?•Life on farms and plantations•When?•1600-1800
The Southern Colonies
Southern Agriculture• The Southern Colonies’
economy was based on farming (agriculture).
• Tobacco and rice crops made many colonists wealthy, but also resulted in the increase of indentured servants and enslaved Africans.
Crops of the Colonies
•Virginia & Maryland– Tobacco
•North Carolina– Small
Tobacco farms
– Pitch: made from pine syrup, sealed ships
•South Carolina & Georgia– Rice: learned
how to grow from enslaved Africans
– Indigo: a plant used to make dark blue dye
Cities• There were
fewer cities in the Southern Colonies than the New England, or Middle Colonies.
Charles Town• Charles Town in
South Carolina (later to be Charleston) was the biggest.–Center for trade–Shipping of crops–Diverse population
Plantations•Grounds
–Planter’s Home–Horse Stables–Workshops–Gardens–Fields–Workers’ houses
•Workers–Usually slaves
–Field workers–Cooks–Maids
Tidewater Plantation
Small Farms• Most colonists were
small farmers often living in the backcountry.– Usually family
members or one or two servants or slaves lived there
– Would sometimes have a small amount of crop left to sell
Family Life• Plantations
– Educated – learned to read and write
– Boys learned to run a plantation.
– Girls learned how to manage a household.
•Small Farms–Little education
–Children had to learn how to help around the home and farm at an early age.
Slavery• First started
with indentured servants, then slaves followed
• By 1750, most slaves were in the Southern Colonies.
Harsh Life• Slaves were bought and
sold like property.• Usually were used as field
workers or as a house slave
• Worked morning until night
• Very hard work• Could be whipped and
punished by the overseer• Many died at an early age
African American Culture
• Slaves often bonded together like a family
• Many relied on the comfort of religion
• Often would tell stories and sing spirituals- African-American religious folk song
• Gullah - blend of African and English languages
“Swing Low, Sweet Chariot”
•http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/singers/sfeature/songs_swing_qt.html
In Summary•Most Southern Colonists lived in
the backcountry on small farms.•Tobacco, rice, and indigo were
important crops in the Southern Colonies.
•The harsh system of slavery expanded as more and more plantations were started.
1. The economy of the Southern Colonies was based on
A. agriculture.
B. industry.
C. rice.
D. fishing.
2. Most of the colonists in the Southern Colonies were
A. carpenters.
B. plantation owners.
C. overseers.
D. backcountry farmers.
3. Which colonies grew rice and indigo as their main crops?
A. Virginia and North Carolina
B. South Carolina and Georgia
C. Maryland and Virginia
D. North Carolina and South Carolina
4. What was one difference between plantations and backcountry farms?
A. Backcountry farms had overseers.
B. Planters' children learned to read and write from their parents.
C. Backcountry farms were huge.
D. Farmers' children learned to read and write from their parents.
5. Which sentence about slaves' lives is true?
A. Overseers made their lives easier.
B. Many slaves lived long lives.
C. Many slaves adopted Christianity.
D. Private teachers taught them spirituals.
Images• http://comsewogue.k12.ny.us/~ssilve
rman/documents/hall7R/hall7r.htm• http://www.navyandmarine.org/onde
ck/1776reprisetorndefeat.htm• http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/
utc/abolitn/abhp.html• http://chi.gospelcom.net/GLIMPSEF/
Glimpses/glmps089.shtml• http://www.sonofthesouth.net/
slavery/photographs/plantation-slaves.htm