Settling the South Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia.
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Transcript of Settling the South Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia.
REASONS FOR SETTLING
• Maryland – founded by Calverts–Make money–Refuge for
Catholics–Grew tobacco
(like Virginia
SLAVERY
• Many slaves worked on plantations• Treatment depended on owners• Preserved culture through stories and
songs
PLANTATION AND FARM LIFE:
• Plantations:
– Could be like small villages
– Field and house slaves
– Plantations were spaced far apart
FREE AFRICANS
• Some escaped and some bought their freedom
Quilt story – underground railroad quilt blocks
• Trade between England and West Indies
• Cities and plantations near ports or deep rivers were most successful
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