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Family & daily l ife of a slave

Corinne Florian . Family & daily l ife of a slave. Early Seperation. When s laves got taken away from their homes in Africa they were seperated from their parents and siblings . T hey most likely will never see them again . ( Hallam ). Can a family be made in a plantation ?.

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Family & daily l ife of a slave

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  1. Corinne Florian Family & dailylifeof a slave

  2. EarlySeperation • Whenslavesgottakenawayfromtheirhomes in Africatheywereseperatedfromtheirparents and siblings. • Theymostlikelywillneverseethemagain. (Hallam)

  3. Can a family be made in a plantation? • For slaves to re-establish a family consisting of a husband and wife with children, the conditions of the plantation, and the slave owner would have to be taken into consideration. • The ability of being able to create a family fluctuated over time due to the changing of laws and rules over time. (Hallam)

  4. Meeting New People • In small farms where slaves were only brought over from Africa, or sold in small amounts, there was a higher demand for men as laborers due to their abilities and strength. • This limited the ability to even meet black woman to marry and start a family with. • However, in larger plantations there was a more equal amount of men and woman slaves. • This would be where people would meet and go on to get married and have kids. (Hallam)

  5. GoodParenting • All enslaved parents tried very hard to provide for their children as best they could financially, independently, and with religious values. • Made deals with slave owners to ensure their children would be set free after a specific amount of years. • Tried buying their children out of slavery • Black men married white woman, just to make sure their children wouldn’t be born into slavery. (Hallam)

  6. WasMarriageAcceptedonPlantations? • Marriages between slaves were not recognized by the laws and constitutions. • “Themostconservativeestimatesindicatethat at least 10 to 20 percent of slavemarriagesweredestroyedby sale.” (Mintz)

  7. ConstantFear of Seperation • Slave ownersconsidered a slaveryfamilyunit as a mother and herchildren, so a lot of thetime husbands and fatherswereoftenreplaced, • As well as adult men, young men would be taken from their mothers as well. • Woman would barely separated from their mothers. • Often girls would be sold for a large amount of money (mostly light skinned women) into prostitution or concubine.(Hallam)

  8. Varied Living Conditions • Dependingontheslaveowner, slavescouldeitherlive in okayconditions, orawfulconditions. • If a slaveownerwasverywealthytheslaveswouldhavesometype of goodconditions. However, iftheywerepoortheywouldrecieveverybad place tolive, withbarely a roofovertheirheads. (Boston)

  9. Food and Clothing • Slaveswerefed and clothed as minumum as possible, so thattheywereabletosurvive and work. • Theyweredefinatelynotendulged in anyway. (Boston)

  10. Urban Living Slaves • “In 1860, about 140,000 slaveslived in towns and citiesthroughoutthesouth. In Charleston, South Carolina, alone, theenslavednumberedalmost 40,000, constituting a third of thecity'spopulation.” (Boston) • Theyhadmuchbetterconditions • Theygottostay in thesamehouse as theirslaveowners. (Boston)

  11. Are thesegood living conditionsconditions? • Eventhoughtheylived in thecity, theirconditionswerentgood at all. • Theirbedwas a plank of wood. • Alltheheatleavesthroughthechimneybecauseitis so poorlyconstructed. • Wouldhavetomakealltheirownfood. • “Thesehuts are by no meansremarkablefortheircleanlyappearance.” (Boston)

  12. Daily Schedule • Themajority of slavesworked in thefieldspickingcotton and tobacco, and theothersworked in thehousedoinghouse chores. • Theywould be fedcornmeal, lard, somemeat, molasses, peas, greens, and flour. (Antebellum)

  13. Narrative of Frederick Douglas • He wasseperatedfromhisparents at a veryyoungage. • Hisfatherwaswhite. • Hismotherwasblack. • Sawhismotherfrom time to time, butneverfor a longperiod of time. (Narrative)

  14. Works Cited Hallam, Jennifer. "Family.” Slavery and theMaking of America. PBS. Web. 27 Mar. 2012. Boston, Nicholas. "Living Conditions.” Slavery and theMaking of America. PBS. Web. 27 Mar. 2012. "AntebellumSlavery.” Africans In America. PBS. Web. 27 Mar. 2012. Mintz, S. (2007). Digital History. Retrieved. 27 Mar. 2012.
 "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass." The Norton Anthology of African American Literature. New York: W.W. Norton &, 1997. 311. Print.

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