Edson varela 02-07-08

Date: Feb 7, 2008

#2 - Slavery and the Making of America

Date: Feb 7, 2008

Group #3: Men, Women and Gender

Assignment:

1. Collect 5 facts from the HISTORICAL OVERVIEW.

2. Provide a brief explanation for the CHARACTER SPOTLIGHT (3+ sentences).

3. Examine the SLAVE CLOTHING link and describe four examples of clothing

For the black Men and Women slavery was a devastating experience. Both men and women were forced to perform grueling labor. Both men and women were beat if they acted wrong like if they did something they wasnt suppose to their punishment was to get beat. That was for men and women. Black slave men were picked first because they were capable of a little more than the women because they was able to do a little more things. Dr. Norcum from North Carolina purchased Harriet Jacobs. Dr. Norcum had posted an advertisement letting people know Harriets physical appearance and promises $100 for her apprehension or return. There are certain cloths worn by different people that have different jobs the ladies have different things and the men do also. For the females they were giving dresses and the men were also given pants. In the winter the masters gave them a little extra clothing.

Date: Feb 7, 2008

Group #3: Men, Women and Gender
Assignment:

1.       Collect 5 facts from the HISTORICAL OVERVIEW.

*blacks could be purchased as property.
*For black men and women, slavery was an equally devastating experience.
*Both were forced to perform grueling labor, subjected to mental and physical degradation, and denied their most basic rights.
*In Africa, woman's primary social role was that of mother.
*The first slaves to be brought to the British colonies of North America were disproportionately male.

2.       Provide a brief explanation for the CHARACTER SPOTLIGHT (3+ sentences).the charecther spotlight is takin about Harriet Jacobs. She was purchased by Dr. Norcum of Edenton, North Carolina.Harriet shared some of the indulgences bestowed upon the Norcum children.

3.       Examine the SLAVE CLOTHING link and describe four examples of clothing.Originally the head-wrap, or turban, was worn by both enslaved men and women. In time, however, it became almost exclusively a female accessory.To me it depends on the person who buys the slave the master of the slave should give him wat he weres for example it might be a suit or old dirty cloths that have rips and other things.

Date: Feb 7, 2008

evileye Joshua Romao 2/7/08

Group #5: Education, Arts & Culture

Assignment:

1. Collect 5 facts from the HISTORICAL OVERVIEW.

2. Provide a brief explanation for the CHARACTER SPOTLIGHT (3+ sentences).

3. Examine the MUSIC IN SLAVE LIFE link and describe four songs and their meanings.

4. Explain, in a paragraph and in your own words, what you learned today about the lives of slaves, slavery in America and the issues it connects to in the present day.

1.

Folktales were not the only form of cultural expression African slaves brought to America. During their hours, mostly on Sundays and holidays, slaves sing and dance. The rabbit was borrowed from African stories to represent the "trickster" in tales told by the slaves. In the North, where black education was not mandatory, African-Americans had greater access to schooling and were more likely to have basic reading and writing skills than Southern blacks. In music and dance, they expressed their personal creativity and their cultural heritage. 2.The character spotlight is for the unknown African Americans that has a huge impact on slavery have some right to be told about. It makes students and even adults realize it wasnt just a few people that helped vanish slavery it was all African American. Maria Stewart was very important because she was born free and became I school teacher and was very close to her religion. 3. One song was hammer. Ring it was about building Noahs arc and asking god for rain so the slaves can run away. Second song was Arwhoolie (corn field holler) it is about a slave and he is going to run away when its very dark outside. Third song was Quittin; it was about that the slave was saying that he wont be under his master for long and one day he will be at home. Fourth song is Rosey, and its about a slave in search for true love and one day he will be with his true love. 4. I learned that African Americans sang about being free or any story about their lives. Some songs that they sang were fantasy and just their dreams. The stories that the African Americans told to their young ones were passed on generations to generation and still today some folktales are told. Being a slave is the worst thing anyone could ever imagine and just imagine that today we live our lives to the fullest and back then their lives are taken over by their masters.

Date: Feb 7, 2008

Group #4: Living Conditions

Assignment:

1. Collect 5 facts from the HISTORICAL OVERVIEW.

2. Provide a brief explanation for the CHARACTER SPOTLIGHT (3+ sentences).

3. Examine the YEAR IN A LIFE link and describe the events of four months in a slaves life.

4. Explain, in a paragraph and in your own words, what you learned today about the lives of slaves, slavery in America and the issues it connects to in the present day.

Slaves were given pieces of clothing by their masters.Many captured Africans died aboard slaving vessels out at sea before reaching America.When the weather grew cold on the plantations slaves were not really protected.Before the American Revolution, slavery expanded throughout the United States. In New England it was rare and limited.Many white men considered mulatto women to be more attractive and better than black girls. As a little boy living in Virginia on a plantation, Thomas Jefferson spent most of his time with a black boy named Jupiter. As Jefferson turned 21 he became Jupiters master but they had that trust bond and gave Jupiter errands that he wouldnt give to any other slave. Even though that was Thomass friend, Jupiters labor was too valuable and Jefferson ever considered his freedom. Living as a slave you get put to work. Even in rain you still work risking getting sick and even when sick they still had to work. Its very lonely also when you have to sit there and pick cotton all day. I learned a lot about slaves and it really has me thinking. It sucks how they were taken out their home and put to work like dogs. Its like people didnt look at them like they were human. But everything happens for a reason and if all that havent had happened maybe I wouldnt be here today.

Date: Feb 7, 2008

Edson varela 02-07-08

Group #4: Living Conditions

Assignment:

1. Collect 5 facts from the HISTORICAL OVERVIEW.

2. Provide a brief explanation for the CHARACTER SPOTLIGHT (3+ sentences).

3. Examine the YEAR IN A LIFE link and describe the events of four months in a slaves life.

4. Explain, in a paragraph and in your own words, what you learned today about the lives of slaves, slavery in America and the issues it connects to in the present day.

1-Missin a picture


Photo of actor portraying Jupiter

Jupiter (1743-1800)

During Thomas Jefferson's childhood on a Virginia plantation, he shared adventures with a boy named Jupiter. At twenty-one, having gained his majority, Thomas became Jupiter's master. As a personal valet, Jupiter dressed Thomas and accompanied him on travels. In this intimate role, he gained Thomas' trust and earned privileges. He was often sent out alone on errands involving large monetary sums.

Jupiter's 1774 reassignment as stable manager meant fewer separations from his new wife, a kitchen worker. Despite proximity, however, the couple's time together was limited. Jefferson's slaves were constantly employed, working up to 14-hour days. When not occupied with other duties, Jupiter toiled as a stonecutter.


Young Thomas Jefferson and Jupiter

Although Jefferson provided for his slaves better than most, he rarely considered their freedom. The labor, even of a companion like Jupiter, was too valuable. Writing on Jupiter's death, Thomas acknowledged the loss both emotionally and practically. "I am, sorry for him," Jefferson wrote of Jupiter, "as well as sensible he leaves a void in my administration which I cannot fill

2-He is the son of a slave that is friends with the son of the slave owner.

He is famous for being friends with Thomas Jefferson that one day turned out to be

To be the president of U.S.

I dont think he used to work has hard ha s the others, and I think it wads a good idea

To make friends with Thomas Jefferson.

3-1740
South Carolina passes the comprehensive "Negro Act," making it illegal for slaves to move abroad, assemble in groups, raise food, earn money, and learn to read English. Owners are permitted to kill rebellious slaves if necessary.1770
Escaped slave, Crispus Attucks, is killed by British forces in Boston, Massachusetts. He is one of the first colonists to die in the war for independence.4-One think that still going this days is discrimination around the world I dont think nothing changed from back than and today. I dont think there is any difference between black nd white we are all the Same.

Date: Feb 7, 2008

1.They belonged to the lowest, poorest ranks of society.Slaves could not participate in wage-earning trade or labor.Enslaved people were clothed, fed and housed only minimally to ensure their survival and capacity for labor. In 1860, about 140,000 slaves lived in towns and cities throughout the south.

Date: Feb 7, 2008

Group #3: Men, Women and Gender

Assignment:

1. Collect 5 facts from the HISTORICAL OVERVIEW.

2. Provide a brief explanation for the CHARACTER SPOTLIGHT (3+ sentences).

3. Examine the SLAVE CLOTHING link and describe four examples of clothing.

1) Both black men and women were forced to work in fields, were disrespected mentally and physically , had no rights, were beaten up, regardless of sex, treated as property in the eyes of the law. 2) Harriet Jacobs was a slave that was sexually abused by her master. Harriet was ashamed and afraid, and wanted to escape. When a single white man called Samuel Sawyer showed interest in her, she became his lover. She saw that this relationship with him could be a reason to escape Norcum, her master.Pants, dresses, skirts and children would be mostly naked.

Date: Feb 7, 2008

Shane Stallings 2/7/08 History Assignment: 1. Collect 5 facts from the HISTORICAL OVERVIEW.2. Provide a brief explanation for the CHARACTER SPOTLIGHT (3+ sentences).3. Examine the MUSIC IN SLAVE LIFE link and describe four songs and their meanings.4. Explain, in a paragraph and in your own words, what you learned today about the lives of slaves, slavery in America and the issues it connects to in the present day. 1. Around the colonial and at the older periods, enslaved blacks pursued the right to express themselves by using education, the arts, and craftsmanship against the white people, customary, and legal restrictions.2. From the earliest colonial settlements, folktales and fables circulated within slave communities in the South, reflecting the oral traditions of African societies and incorporating African symbolism. 3.Particularly on Sundays and holidays, slaves engaged in singing and dancing. 4. They also engaged in the practice of "patting juba" or the clapping of hands in a highly complex and rhythmic fashion.5. Although some slaveholders appreciated African-American music making and others allowed singing and dancing in the slave quarters for practical reasons. 2.Maria Stewart was a woman who fought in what she believed in and made it to become a teacher and helped blacks to have an education. 3.Run old Jeremiah was bout them running free and getting away from slavery.2Do lord remember me it is asking dose the lord help them In time in need because there black so there asking can he help them be free.3Go to sleep is a nursery rhyme that they sing to kids when there parents was sold or traded.4Quittin time song it a song about slaves dying and going to heaven. I learned that music is a way of life no matter what your life is like music is everywhere. The music back then is like music now its from the heart and what they been through.

Date: Feb 7, 2008

5 Facts

- Female Slaves outnumbered male slaves and they performed the same labor as men did.

- African women took their role of motherhood very seriously.

- The men went out and did the hoeing and picking rice in fields but the women slaves had to do that also and cook and clean for their masters.

- Both men and women were treated as property.

- Men were considered more valuable because they could do more work.

2.

Harriet Jacobs was a African slave woman who was abused by her master. She escaped from him and her reward was $100.

3.

Men and women slaves were given basic clothes. Men wore pants and cloth shirts. And women wore skirts.

Slave women manipulated clothing and sometimes wore mens clothes because of the places that they worked.

Some enslaved men who had escaped went to work in union lines and wore uniforms.

Enslaved children usually did not wear most clothing until they were at least fourteen. They wore ripped old clothing and long dress shirts.

Date: Feb 7, 2008

Group #3: Men, Women and Gender
Assignment:1. Collect 5 facts from the HISTORICAL OVERVIEW.· Subjected to mental and physical degradation· Males were considered more valuable workers then women because of their strength.· Larger farms and plantations, fieldwork was divided along gender lines with harder work assigned to the male.· The average enslaved woman gave birth to her first child at nineteen years old and have one child every.· Throughout the period of slavery, white society thought that black women were lustful beings. 2. Provide a brief explanation for the CHARACTER SPOTLIGHT (3+ sentences).

Harriot Jacobs was born in 1813. When she was a girl, she was purchased by Dr. Norcum of Edenton. She grew up with the masters kids but soon became her masters sexual desire. This sexual abuse left her scared and thats why she decided to escape. She fell in love with Samuel Sawyer. She became free and didnt feel like someone else owned her and her body. 3. Examine the SLAVE CLOTHING link and describe four examples of clothing. The males usually wore pants and women wore dresses. Most slave women and some male wore head wraps. When runaway women were captured they were forced to wear male clothes. Women also wore leggings to protect their caves when there were out working in the fields. Some male wore sailors suits.

Date: Feb 7, 2008

Assignment: 1. Collect 5 facts from the HISTORICAL OVERVIEW. - Men and women slavery was equal they were taken from their homeland and Family.- On small farms with few slaves, women were more likely to perform the same labor as men- Men generally plowed the fields, while women hoed.- Childbearing were enormous for enslaved women they were Expected to put the needs of the master and his family before her own children- They multiplied force labor if a woman was pregnant.2. Provide a brief explanation for the CHARACTER SPOTLIGHT (3+ sentences).Harriet Jacobs: Her master had sexual relations with her and his wife was jealous. She was scared and afraid and she wanted to escape. A man named Samuel Sawyer became her lover. She used him as revenge against her master; She claimed her body as her own.3. Examine the SLAVE CLOTHING link and describe four examples of clothing.Slave Children: They wore very little clothing. On some farms they were naked. They would change there clothing at the day of their adolescence. When boys would trade long dress-like shirts for pants.Nudity and the Captive Body: These were slaves who were dressed and undressed by their masters. They were also stripped for inspection when auctioned. They wore little clothing, just like slave children. When they were whipped the clothing was removed. Women had to remove clothing from the head to waist.Slave Women and the Head-Wraps: Worn by both slaved women and men, but became common in females. Head-wraps were a sign of poverty, in south areas women had to wear their hair up in the head-wrap. When there hair was up in the head wrap it protected them from elements in which they worked and found a spread of lice.Gender specific Clothing:They dressed appropriate to white society men wore pants, while women wore dresses. In winter they were given extra clothing. Women made and wore pantalets that reached just above the knees. While men were given knee-lengths coats and women received heavy wraps.

Date: Feb 7, 2008

Edon varela wrote:

Edson varela                               02-07-08
  Group #4: Living Conditions
Assignment:
1.       Collect 5 facts from the HISTORICAL OVERVIEW.
2.       Provide a brief explanation for the CHARACTER SPOTLIGHT (3+ sentences).
3.       Examine the YEAR IN A LIFE link and describe the events of four months in a slaves life.
4.       Explain, in a paragraph and in your own words, what you learned today about the lives of slaves, slavery in America and the issues it connects to in the present day.

1-Missin a picture

Photo of actor portraying Jupiter

Jupiter (1743-1800)

During Thomas Jefferson's childhood on a Virginia plantation, he shared adventures with a boy named Jupiter. At twenty-one, having gained his majority, Thomas became Jupiter's master. As a personal valet, Jupiter dressed Thomas and accompanied him on travels. In this intimate role, he gained Thomas' trust and earned privileges. He was often sent out alone on errands involving large monetary sums.

Jupiter's 1774 reassignment as stable manager meant fewer separations from his new wife, a kitchen worker. Despite proximity, however, the couple's time together was limited. Jefferson's slaves were constantly employed, working up to 14-hour days. When not occupied with other duties, Jupiter toiled as a stonecutter.

Young Thomas Jefferson and Jupiter

Although Jefferson provided for his slaves better than most, he rarely considered their freedom. The labor, even of a companion like Jupiter, was too valuable. Writing on Jupiter's death, Thomas acknowledged the loss both emotionally and practically. "I am, sorry for him," Jefferson wrote of Jupiter, "as well as sensible he leaves a void in my administration which I cannot fill

2-He is the son of a slave that is friends with the son of the slave owner.
     He is famous for being friends with Thomas Jefferson that one day turned out to be
     To be the president of U.S.
      I dont think he used to work has hard ha s the others, and I think it wads a good idea
     To make friends with Thomas Jefferson.
3-1740
South Carolina passes the comprehensive "Negro Act," making it illegal for slaves to move abroad, assemble in groups, raise food, earn money, and learn to read English. Owners are permitted to kill rebellious slaves if necessary.1770
Escaped slave, Crispus Attucks, is killed by British forces in Boston, Massachusetts. He is one of the first colonists to die in the war for independence.4-One think that still going this days is discrimination around the world       I dont think nothing changed from back than and today.     I dont think there is any difference between black nd white we are all the    Same.

In 1860, about 140,000 slaves lived in towns and cities throughout the south. During the early colonial period, slaves and indentured servants enjoyed greater freedoms than black slaves would in later periods. In the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, slaves were condemned to impoverishment by the law. Frederick Douglass, who escaped slavery in 1838 at the age of 20. Most slaves lived in similar dwellings, simple cabins furnished sparely.

2. Thomas Jefferson wrote of Jupiter, "as well as sensible he leaves a void in my administration which I cannot fill up." Jeffersons slaves had to work for 14hours a day. In Thomas Jefferson's childhood on a Virginia plantation, he shared adventures with a boy named Jupiter. yawn

Date: Feb 7, 2008

Group #4: Living Conditions

Assignment:

1. Collect 5 facts from the HISTORICAL OVERVIEW.

2. Provide a brief explanation for the CHARACTER SPOTLIGHT (3+ sentences).

3. Examine the YEAR IN A LIFE link and describe the events of four months in a slaves life.

4. Explain, in a paragraph and in your own words, what you learned today about the lives of slaves, slavery in America and the issues it connects to in the present day.

When the wages would go up, slaves did not have the rite to have it. If you talk to a slave and comfort them enough they were your slaves. Almost daily beatings and torturing of slaves, they would excuse them for anything to do this to them. They were housed in the same lodgings as their owners, usually in an attic or back room.

The story spotlight is on Jupiter. Jupiter is a young boy whos his owner was Thomas Jefferson. He gained a lot of trust and was able to be sent on errands by him self involving large monetary sums. Jupiter received woolen cloth, shirting, hat and even summer clothes. Some slaves didnt get anything at all.

April: was really rainy and all hands had to go to work on the new farm.

June: it rained too much it was to wet to even work on it

July: sweeping and hoeing very hot Kean working in blacksmith shop.

November: gave all the hands one quart of molasses each on condition of their taking less meat during the week.

4. What I learned today was very touching; I cant believe how they use to treat black people just because they had color to their skin. Its so cruel to treat any type of living thing the way slaves use to get treated. It must have been even worst because they was no way out of this horrible situation. People really have masters and if they didnt obey their masters it would be wiping slaves on their backs. Im so glad that today black people do not get treated the same way as before. The only question I ask my self is, why didnt they treat white people in this way of manner?

Date: Feb 7, 2008

Group #6: Religion Assignment: 1. Collect 5 facts from the HISTORICAL OVERVIEW.2. Provide a brief explanation for the CHARACTER SPOTLIGHT (3+ sentences).
3. Examine the HIDDEN OBJECTS link and describe four objects in your archeological dig. 4. Explain, in a paragraph and in your own words, what you learned today about the lives of slaves, slavery in America and the issues it connects to in the present day.

1.a. African Americans had many religions but for years many of them were converted into Islamic religions.

b. Later on Portuguese sailors came to African coasts spreading Christianity and other slaves brought Christianity with them

c. During the 18^th century Anglican missionaries spread more Christianity.

d.

e.

2. Nat Turner was a

Date: Feb 8, 2008

1. Collect 5 facts from the HISTORICAL OVERVIEW. Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery in 1780. Yet, as late as 1850, Britain, but it also helped to inspire Vermont to abolish slavery in its 1777 state constitution. By 1804, all Northern states had voted Pennsylvania, who would remain enslaved until their 28th birthdays. In August 1861 he accepted the First Confiscation Act passed by Congress, which declared that slaves escaping to union lines would be considered contraband.

2. Provide a brief explanation for the CHARACTER SPOTLIGHT (3+ sentences). Jupiter (1743-1800)

During Thomas Jefferson's childhood on a Virginia plantation, he shared adventures with a boy named Jupiter. Although Jefferson provided for his slaves better than most, he rarely considered their freedom. The labor, even of a companion like Jupiter, was too valuable. Writing on Jupiter's death,

Thomas Jefferson kept detailed records in his Farm Book of the food, clothing, and blankets that he distributed to his slaves.

3. Examine the YOU BE THE JUDGE link and arrive at a decision on each of the 4 Supreme Court cases. IF I was the Judge I would let the slavery go. I would give them food and other. If I had to change the rule it would be let the slavery have time to see their family. These are the things I would do If I was a Judge

4. Explain, in a paragraph and in your own words, what you learned today about the lives of slaves, slavery in America and the issues it connects to in the present day.

That they had a hard live they get wipe in the back. The girls would make them food and clean and other. They work for 14 hours and sometimes more. Thomas Jefferson keeps records. Slavery had many family and they had been taken away.

Date: Feb 8, 2008

Hayley Lima 2-7-08

Assignment: 1. Collect 5 facts from the HISTORICAL OVERVIEW.2. Provide a brief explanation for the CHARACTER SPOTLIGHT (3+ sentences).3. Examine the YEAR IN A LIFE link and describe the events of four months in a slaves life.

4. Explain, in a paragraph and in your own words, what you learned today about the lives of slaves, slavery in America and the issues it connects to in the present day.

1.) One fact I found out was that there was a big difference. Another fact that I found out was that a servant was only a servant for 7 years and after them 7 years they got land and got to start a life of their own, and a slave was a slave for the rest of their life and their kids became slaves. I also found out that was if a slave did something wrong or didnt do what they were suppose to do they would get brutally beated and tortured until they did what they were suppose to do. Also I found out that most agricultural units in the South up until about two decades before the Civil War were small farms with 20 to 30 slaves each. 2.) Jupiter became friends with Thomas Jefferson as a boy when Jupiter got older Thomas became his master. He went from being a personal valet to being a stable manager. Jupiter married a kitchen worker but barley got to spend any time together, because Jeffersons slaves worked up to 14-hour days. When Jupiter was not occupied he was working as a stonecutter. So he and his wife could never spend time together. 3.) In the spring the slaves would have to work even though they would be too sick to work. When a slave would have a baby some women would get a couple days (before and after giving birth) off and some slave owners would make their slaves work up to an hour before labor and make them go back to work the next day. 4.) I learned a lot about slavery. Such as about giving birth and how some slaves would have to work up to labor and the next day after giving birth. I also learned that there is a difference between slaves and servants. Servants get to have a life of their own once they serve their seven years slaves stay as slaves for their whole life and their kids have to be slaves. If a slave were sick they would have to work and if there was two slaves working (and if it takes two slaves to do that job) and one wasnt there that other slave would have to job all by him/her self.

Date: Feb 8, 2008

group #3

1. The first slaves to be brought to North America were male.2. When women were brought to America they were brought over as company for the male black slaves3. On average a black enslaved women gave birth at 19 years old and gave birth to a child every two and a half years after that.4. Black women rebelled against slavery as much as the men did.5. For the male salves escaping was the most promising way to get there identity and individual back. As for women womanhood and personhood was easier gained throughout the slave community. In the character spotlight in the men, women, and gender group is Harriet Jacobs.When she was a child a man named Dr.Nurcum purchased her. Harriet was a victim of his sexual desires she felt ashamed, afraid, and she was determined to escape from him. She had met a white man named Samuel Sawyer who showed great interest in her. Samuel and Harriet soon became lovers. With choosing him as her partner she had got claim her body as her own. · Gender specific clothing

The men were given pants and the women dresses. In the winter they were given extra clothing the women were given clothing that reached to right to barely above the knee and went under there skirts, they were also given heavy wraps that they were as shawls. The men were given long coats that went t there knees.

· Clothing for slaved children

Children were given minimal clothing; sometimes they had to go nude. As the changes in clothing occurred the boys had to wear dress like skirts almost like dresses.

· Head wraps

Some slaved people were forced to wear the head wraps while others wore it as fashion statement.

· Uniforms

Uniforms were wore as a sense of power the guards that wore them thought they had a sense of power.

Date: Feb 8, 2008

Anonymous wrote:

group #3

1.       The first slaves to be brought to North America were male.2.       When women were brought to America they were brought over as company for the male black slaves3.       On average a black enslaved women gave birth at 19 years old and gave birth to a child every two and a half years after that.4.       Black women rebelled against slavery as much as the men did.5.       For the male salves escaping was the most promising way to get there identity and individual back. As for women womanhood and personhood was easier gained throughout the slave community.  In the character spotlight in the men, women, and gender group is Harriet Jacobs.When she was a child a man named Dr.Nurcum purchased her. Harriet was a victim of his sexual desires she felt ashamed, afraid, and she was determined to escape from him. She had met a white man named Samuel Sawyer who showed great interest in her. Samuel and Harriet soon became lovers. With choosing him as her partner she had got claim her body as her own.  ·          Gender specific clothing
The men were given pants and the women dresses. In the winter they were given extra clothing the women were given clothing that reached to right to barely above the knee and went under there skirts, they were also given heavy wraps that they were as shawls. The men were given long coats that went t there knees.
·          Clothing for slaved children
Children were given minimal clothing; sometimes they had to go nude. As the changes in clothing occurred the boys had to wear dress like skirts almost like dresses.
·          Head wraps
Some slaved people were forced to wear the head wraps while others wore it as fashion statement.
·          Uniforms
Uniforms were wore as a sense of power the guards that wore them thought they had a sense of power.

i wrote this but forgot to put my name on it.

Date: Feb 8, 2008

5 facts about the living conditions of back then.

· One of the first facts I found in the websites was that during the early colonial period, slaves and indentured servants enjoyed greater freedoms than black slaves would in later period.

· In others they were denied the right to own property. TheS slave's resulting dependence on his or her master for the most basic necessities food, clothing, and shelter was integral to the preservation of the master's power and the sustaining of the slave society.

· The diary of Bennet H. Barrow, a Louisiana slave owner, documents almost daily beatings and torturing of slaves, accompanied enigmatically by extensive moral explanations as to why such punishments were necessary

· Although material comfort or discomfort was contingent on the individual owner's finances, management style, and disposition, in general, enslaved people were clothed, fed and housed only minimally to ensure their survival and capacity for labor.

· A city slave is almost a freeman, compared with a slave on the plantation," wrote the abolitionist Frederick Douglass, who escaped slavery in 1838 at the age of 20.

In the work I have been doing for this class I have leaned a bunch of stuff like that there work several beatings for slaves if they took the tools for work without asking, Also that if you did not do the work your owner wanted you to do and at the rate of speed they wanted you to do it at you would be beaten very very harshly all over your body and I think that is wrong like how would the owner feel if the slave did that to him all day long and made him work for food clothing and room and board its just wrong to do that like if you do something wrong today you get punished for it not beaten but still punished but back then it was different.

The year in a life starts on a Sunday April tenth when Most Masters relieved slaves of work duties on Sundays, the Christian day of rest. Slaves used the day to undertake a variety of activities for which there was insufficient time during the workweek. Some slaves worshipped on Sundays, but the day was also used for cleaning, hunting, gardening, and socializing. On Saturday the sixteenth White overseers were often employed by masters to manage estates in their absence. The position was not a prized one. Overseers were under a great deal of pressure to meet the demands of the landlord. In addition to making decisions about planting and harvesting, they were also in charge of all of the master's slaves. Many resorted to undue brutality in their attempts to maintain control of these laborers, who, in turn, harbored resentment toward them. Slaveholders dealt with illness among slaves in a variety of ways. Sometimes they called in doctors to care for the ailing. On Friday, May 18th, for instance, Dr. Langley came to the Eustatia plantation to see a slave named Marrien. At other times, owners assigned a slave, usually a woman, to be the "sick nurse." Several of the records in the Eustatia Plantation Book show that women were given this duty. On some farms and plantations, mistresses were given the task of tending to the sick, and on occasion, masters also prescribed their own cures. For instance, slaveholder Pierce Butler suggested that slaves taken with fever in the summer should be made to vomit. He then outlined a detailed set of procedures involving more purging, letting blood, and drinking the juice of wild cherry bark should the fever not abate.

Date: Feb 8, 2008

Slavery

Back then in the day slavery was very bad. But over time some things have changed but not a lot. Slaves are still all around in different parts of the world.Many of our images of human slavery, like the one above, date from the American Civil War. However 1. (There are an estimated 200 million people in bondage today). 2. (Men and women are sold like objects, forced to work for little or no pay and are at the mercy of their employers.) 3. (There are many types of slavery for example Bonded labor affects millions of people around the world), 4. (Early and forced marriage affects women and girls who are married without choice and are forced into lives of servitude often accompanied by physical violence). 5. (Worst forms of child labor affects an estimated 126 million children around the world in work that is harmful to their health and welfare.) 6. (Human Rights Watch estimates that every year, 800,000 to 900,000 men, women and children are trafficked across international borders into forced labor or slavery-like conditions. 7. (Asia has three-quarters of the 12.3 million people believed to be in forced labor worldwide.) 8. (In 1850 an agricultural slave cost $1,500 in Alabama around $30,000 in today's dollars. The equivalent laborer can be had for around $100 today) 9. (It took 20 years of labor for an antebellum American slave to repay his or her purchase price and maintenance costs; today it takes two years for a bonded laborer in South Asia to do the same.) 10. (When slaves were emancipated in the U.S. in 1865, the government enacted no such rehabilitation).

mre · Senior Member

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mre · Senior Member

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nessa12407 · Member

Vanessa Marcial

Slavery
Back then many white people thought that owning slaves was the greatest thing anyone has ever come up with. But now you dnt see many people owning slaves around these parts. But then again there are many places we dont notice that still believe that slavery should be allowed.1)it is estimated that 250 million people are in bondage today. 2) people are forced to work as dogs with no pay and they are treated as animals because the people that own them are racist and cant except the fact that there are other people in the world that are different from them its just that they dont understand.3) there are many types of slavery for example, there is bonded labor, that forces the people to work. Early and forced marriage, that forces the young women be married to the person of there owners choosing.4) worst form of child labor,it is said that many of the children forced to work are hurting themselves intensively to a point its hurting there own welfare.