South Carolina

1
South Carolina Slavery(1670s-1740)

• Intro Background
• Labor
• Who?
• Why Slaves?
• Black Majority
• Slave Trade
• Uneven Negotiations
• Task System
• African Heritage
• Whites Fears
• Resistance Rebellion
• Conc.

• Key Terms
• Malaria/Yellow Fever
• Middle Passage
• Gullah
• Slave Resistance
• Stono Rebellion
• Jemmy

2
Themes

• Why/how did slavery develop?
• Life in a Black Majority
• Slave resistance

3
Background

• South Carolinas settlement began about 1670
  many came from the Caribbean.

• South Carolinas main crop

RICE
4
Who Were Their First Choice As Laborers?

• Native Americans
• Indentured Servants
• African Slaves
• Cost (ca.1680)
• Indentured Servant 4 (480.00 US in 2002)
• African Slave 20 (2,400.00 US in 2002)

5
Why Switch From Servants To Slaves..?

• Slaves were slaves for life.
• African slaves had more knowledge of rice
  cultivation than their owners!
• Health reasons-Malaria Yellow Fever were deadly
  to Europeans.

Many Africans had natural immunities to these
diseases.
6
Black Majority

• By 1710, blacks outnumbered whites in South
  Carolina.

7
Slave Trade

• Largest forced migration in human history
  involved about 10-12 million Africans.
• Middle Passage The voyage from Africa to New
  World.

8
Slave Ship Middle Passage
Trip to North America 6-12 weeks
9
Tools For Middle Passage
10
Uneven Negotiations(Between Whites Black
Majority)

• Pace of work
• Owners-want a fast pace
• Slaves- want a slower pace
• Task System

• Slaves were given a task each day once
  completed their work day was over.
• On a daily basis, slaves often did not work with
  whites.

11
Holding Onto African Heritage

• Children were given African names.
• Music homes reflected African influence.
• Gullah

A language made up of English African words.
12
Whites Fears

• Whites began to restrict behavior of slaves AND
  themselves.
• Slaves could not work as messengers, barbers,
  loggers, etc.
• Whites had to join slave patrols taxes were
  increasedFear of major REBELLION!

13
Slaves Reacted Resisted In Many Ways
Up to 5
5-10
90-95
Subtle Resistance
Completely Submissive Obedient
Completely Resistant
14
Examples Of Subtle Resistance

• Breaking tools, faking illnesses, pretending not
  to know English or how to use tools, etc.
• Escape for short periods of time.

15
Stono Rebellion(1739)

• In a town near Stono River, 20 slaves, led by a
  slave named Jemmy, broke into a store.
• They traveled South, stopping at plantations
  along the way, involving between 60-100 slaves.
• Rebels were surrounded by whites slaughtered.
• Largest slave rebellion until 1830s 20 whites
  were killed over 100 slaves were killed.

16
South Carolina Slavery(1670s-1740)

• Intro Background
• Labor
• Who?
• Why Slaves?
• Black Majority
• Slave Trade
• Uneven Negotiations
• Task System
• African Heritage
• Whites Fears
• Resistance Rebellion
• Conc.

• Key Terms
• Malaria/Yellow Fever
• Middle Passage
• Gullah
• Slave Resistance
• Stono Rebellion
• Jemmy