Selling Sweet Potatoes in Charleston
Slaves commonly sold produce like sweet potatoes or peanuts and other goods on the streets of Charleston. Slave owners coordinated this “slave-hiring system” to help raise additional income for the plantation. Mary Reynolds, a former [...]
Item Type: Poster/Print
Historical Era: Antebellum America (1816-1860)
Comparison of Slaves and Servants in Colonial New York worksheet
This worksheet helps students compare slaves and indentured servants in colonial society, in particular in New York. It is used as part of the activity "Comparison of Slaves and Servants in Colonial New York."
Item Type: Worksheet
Historical Era: Colonization and Settlement (1621-1750)
Comparing Slaves and Servants in Colonial New York
In this activity students read a list of laws regulating Africans and African Americans and a servant's indenture contract from colonial New York. Then students find evidence in the primary sources to support a series of statements about the [...]
Item Type: Teaching Activity
Historical Era: Colonization and Settlement (1621-1750)