Class Notes Flashcards
Slaves in colonial America
Only 4 percent of slaves came to British North America between about 1600-1800??
French Spanish Dutch slavery- Portuguese
16th century transatlantic alabe trade transforms slavery: becomes industrialized.
For African slaves: it becomes economic, capitalist, modern conceptions of race emerge.
For Dutch and Portuguese: it’s about building imperial wealth. It’s also unique in widespread violence. Slavery becomes inherited
Only in America does inherited slavery exist: as a child born into slavery
First Africans to British North America in 1619
It’s important to specify when and where talking about when dealing with slavery: example: plantation generation, tartar generation, etc.
Boston Rhode Island: over 5000 people transported
African slavery was only one of several forms of slavery: indigenous and indentured slavery also existed
When did indigenous and indentured slavery fall?
I’m 18th century it fell and African slavery became predominant from that point on.
Slavery in New York
By 1770 Slavery was the norm
19000 people in New York
What are different types of slavery?
Domestic, plantation, cotton and so forth. Different types of slavery meant different types of experiences for people.
(One enslaved man in colonial Massachusetts)
What was the great awakening? Why does it matter?
Moving away from anglocan and congregational religion
Means there was less distance between other denominations
Nuclear Family
Not all families were nuclear: indigenous were not, for example
Some people are captives part of family while others did not
Where can native Americans be found?
In Christian records. Many tried to convert native Americans to Christianity.
Land records
Deeds treaties sometimes for
native people other times where
Natives sold land to English pple
Court records
Criminal and civil
Probate records
Proving relationships
Church records
Diaries letters sacraméntal
Why are Carolina’s and Georgia grouped together
There is no record for the colony of Carolina you’ll have to figure out where they are recorded probably in South Carolina records
South Carolina
1673-1720 organized in to 3 counties
More jurisdictions added in 1769
There are parishes counties and judicial districts but all private and land records were kept at the colony wide level in Charleston
Only some court records weee handled at the county level.
Which religions don’t baptize children?
And why does it matter?
Baptists: they don’t baptize as children
Quaker’s: they don’t practice baptism
Methodists: they do sometimes but they are indifferent about whether to baptize later by immersion. Or sorinkiling as an infant or rebaptism as an adult
Won’t find birth records in church records in these places
What’s unique about Quaker records
They keep most detailed records
What is the established church in the mid Atlantic?
There’s no established church
What are some of the only places that you can easily expect what religion someone comes from?
In late 1700s Pennsylvania there’s a good chance they’re quakers but not guaranteed
Virginia and Maryland.
What are tithables?
A poll tax payed by head of household …on all. … all enslaved individuals 16 and older in 17th century southern Virginia. Tithables may show minutes for meetings
The meaning in Virginia changed over time to mean: taxes on moveable property including livestock, enslaved, bulls, : most common.
In Maryland they called it a title will. Post revolutionary but slaves are considered immovable property rather than movable
What is Congregationalist?
Puritans organized under the church form of Congregationalism
Each church remained autonomous
Cooperating individually
Assume they share general theology
Not everyone could join a congregations
Congregation: puritans form of church government
