Chapter 4 focuses on African in bondage in the early eighteenth century to the American Revolution. The chapter explains the brutal relationships between slave masters and the slaves they owned. Slave masters used physical force to keep control of their slaves who oftentimes retaliated back with violence in protest. Additionally, several slaves took drastic measures to demand better treatment secure their freedom.
The first important topic is about Broteer. He was an eight year old boy from a village in Anamaboe. Broteer was the son of a king and when their village was raided his father was killed and he was captured and sold into slavery at the tender age of eight. His owner changed his name Venture Smith. Smith is an important topic because …show more content…
In the North, the climate was not conducive to all year farming therefore, slaves in the North enjoyed easier lives than those in the South. Their easier work lives was a disadvantage to them for the formation of family life. Unlike slaves in the South, they lived in the same home of their owners thus lacked privacy and community development because they were always in the presence of their masters. Additionally, the black men out numbered black women by a wide margin thus prevented many from starting a family. Slaves from North mingled closely with their masters. Northern slaved also endured harsh treatment from their owners. This is important because it shows how slaves in the North was isolated form their people. Under these conditions they begun to take on the American culture because they lacked the opportunity to inter mingle with their own …show more content…
In 1730 the largest rebellion broke out in the Virginia’s Tidewater. Slaves fled to the Dismal Swamp and committed atrocious crimes against the white Christians. Twenty-nine slaves were hanged for their crimes. Nine years later another uprising occurred where the slaves stole weapons from their masters, killed several white people and headed off to Florida for refuge. Along the way they burned and destroyed plantations. The militia with the help of Indians engaged and defeated them in a battle and several of the slaves lost their lives. Punishment did not deter the slaves from rebelling. In 1740-1744 a series of barn burning occurred in New Jersey, New York. Several slaves and some white people were tried and hanged for their involvement in the crime. Others were sent to the colonies in the West
The first important topic is about Broteer. He was an eight year old boy from a village in Anamaboe. Broteer was the son of a king and when their village was raided his father was killed and he was captured and sold into slavery at the tender age of eight. His owner changed his name Venture Smith. Smith is an important topic because …show more content…
In the North, the climate was not conducive to all year farming therefore, slaves in the North enjoyed easier lives than those in the South. Their easier work lives was a disadvantage to them for the formation of family life. Unlike slaves in the South, they lived in the same home of their owners thus lacked privacy and community development because they were always in the presence of their masters. Additionally, the black men out numbered black women by a wide margin thus prevented many from starting a family. Slaves from North mingled closely with their masters. Northern slaved also endured harsh treatment from their owners. This is important because it shows how slaves in the North was isolated form their people. Under these conditions they begun to take on the American culture because they lacked the opportunity to inter mingle with their own …show more content…
In 1730 the largest rebellion broke out in the Virginia’s Tidewater. Slaves fled to the Dismal Swamp and committed atrocious crimes against the white Christians. Twenty-nine slaves were hanged for their crimes. Nine years later another uprising occurred where the slaves stole weapons from their masters, killed several white people and headed off to Florida for refuge. Along the way they burned and destroyed plantations. The militia with the help of Indians engaged and defeated them in a battle and several of the slaves lost their lives. Punishment did not deter the slaves from rebelling. In 1740-1744 a series of barn burning occurred in New Jersey, New York. Several slaves and some white people were tried and hanged for their involvement in the crime. Others were sent to the colonies in the West