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UNIT 2 Day 10: Life in the Colonies. Free African Americans in the Colonies Ex: Crispus Attucks (Boston Massacre victim) Not a slave treated w/ less respect.

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1 UNIT 2 Day 10: Life in the Colonies

2 Free African Americans in the Colonies Ex: Crispus Attucks (Boston Massacre victim) Not a slave treated w/ less respect Ways to achieve freedom 1. Fulfill indentured servant contracts 2. Escape 3. Manumission (voluntary freeing slave by master) Reward, kindness, guilt Urban areas Greater economic opportunities Rarely accepted into “white” society Slave codes Kidnapping

3 Slave Codes Fear of Rebellion NY Slave Uprising, 1712 Stono Rebellion (Uprising), 1739 SC Led to Slave Codes Curfews Loss of freedoms/rights Absent from juries Illegal to teach literacy No legal marriage Slave codes became stricter with time

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5 African American Culture New words (banjo, okra, gumbo, goober) New foods Folk arts Basket weaving Oral tradition Phillis Wheatley http://www.poemhunter.com/phillis- wheatley/ http://www.poemhunter.com/phillis- wheatley/ Poet, slave, wrote about slave experience on eve of Revolution Convert to Christianity by masters New musical/rhythmic traditions Voodoo (tribal beliefs merge w/Christianity)

6 Early Revolutionary Thoughts Salutary Neglect Legislatures in each colony Made own ordinances European Enlightenment Liberty, progress, equality Great Awakening (1 st )—Religious revival Equality btwn. Ministers and congregation John Peter Zenger verdict

7 Early Deviant Thoughts Tradition of ignoring English law Smugglers, rebellion Diverse people groups had no loyalty to British Crown Germans, Scots-Irish, Scots- Lowlanders

8 America, The Story of Us: Rebels As you watch, write down every concept, term, name, or fact that you recognize or find important You will turn in your viewing guide at the end of class

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