- Slaves would have one day off, Sunday and they would make quilts or go to church
- even after slavery they would continue to make quilts and attend church as a tradition
- during slaves families meant the most to slaves
- they would get split apart because the slave Master would sell them whenever he wanted to
- families would tell passed on stories so slaves would outsmart the slave master
- Planters along Georgia and Carolina
- began picking long-staple amounts of cotton
- thought they were better than field slaves
- would clean, sew, cook, serve and play with children if they asked
- first enslaved African Americans brought to Jamestown, Virginia, 1619
- first worked on tobacco plantation
- wouldn't be disturbed by anyone
- including the Master's wife
- often times slaves wouldn't know how to read or right
- Master's wouldn't teach slaves
- sometimes Master's children would teach house slaves how to read or write
- only house slaves would be taught because the children wouldn't see the slaves that were outside
- very few slaves were house slaves, mainly field slaves
- Escaping was easier for field slaves because they have are outside
- caught escaping
- would get whipped until you bleed, toes cut off so you can't run again or you die
- thousands escaped though
- when escaped they would live under train tracks to be safe.
Different Types of Slavery
- didn't like working in fields
- would rebel
- worked slower to protest how long they would work for
- if a slaveholder got angry
- slaves would run away, only for a couple of days
- Slaves would eat three meals a day
- breakfast, lunch and dinner
- their master would give them cheap food for all three meals
- they would eat corn meal or grift
- on holidays the master would get them expensive food
- Six days a week working, one day off
- Slaves would get up at 5:00 a.m. weather you're a field slave or a house slave
- Any slave not ready before sunrise gets whipper by Daddy Major
- men slaves would eat breakfast, make their lunch for later then put on their work cloths
- women would make breakfast and get dressed
- after preparing for the day everyone would get instructions for the day