november 1, 2011
TRANSCRIPT
Someone from another country asks you about George Washington. “Is it true he was a slave holder?” How would you answer this question?
Students will be able to analyze pictures and original source documents to create an explanation of how tobacco plantations worked
Read PhillisWheatley, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious, and Moral, 1772
The overseer made sure the work got done
What does overseer mean in this context?
The biography of OlaudahEquiano is an original source document
It was created by someone who was there when the historic event happened
What was boiled?
Liquid from the Sugar Tree
Sugar Tree will count but this is a better answer
Group of slaves pushed by overseer
Work from dawn to dusk
Brutal system
Common in the Caribbean
Work until your list of jobs is donePossibly less
efficientLess brutalLeft time for
slaves to tend to their own needs
In the southern colonies, as well as Cuba
The first plantations in North America
In response to the demand for tobacco in Europe
People who used sugar and tobacco were guilty of promoting and benefitting from slavery – yes or no
Use 3 facts to make your argument
3 paragraph minimum
Clearly take a position
Use good grammar
Read first person accounts of life on a tobacco plantation. Answer questions. Write an account of a imagined visit to such a plantation
I have just arrived at Franklin’s Plantation, in Virginia. My boss says that to become a better overseer, I need to learn how other plantations do things
I am amazed how easily these enormous hogsheads get loaded on the ships! These slaves really know their jobs!
What was the task system?Answer on the card provided