Slaves and Servants, Blacks and Whites
The way of living changed for many when the new world was discovered. Daily life consisted of blacks and whites everywhere, however consciously people were aware of everyones standings socially and economically which is what separated them. People’s lives consisted mostly of severents and slaves being around them. Throughout the two articles: The Anxious World of Slaveowning Patriarch written by Kathleen M. Brown and The Effects Of Paternalism Among Whites and Blacks written by Philip D. Morgan, two main terms were introduced. Patriarchalism and Paternalism. Patriarchalism is where the male is the head of everything and Paternalism is more about a softer family system. In Brown’s essay, she basically states that both are are integrated into society. You can not simply just have one. In …show more content…
Trade routes helped them build as a society. This brought in many new resources for them. Eventually as Europeans exlplored, they realized this new land came with an abudance of gold. Eventually Europeans came into this new world as servants in exchange for the voyage over, however they always teamed up and tried to escape. In “Indentured Servant Richard Frethrone Laments His Condition in Virginia, 1623” (page 36) it describes how health has been bad. “I never ate any thing but peas and loblollie (that is water gruel)…We are not allowed to go and get it, but must Work hard both early and late for a mess of water gruel, and a mouthful of bread and beef..” As it shows health must have been a main issue due to the amount they were being given and the type of nutrition they were offered. Also in “George Alsop, a Resident of Maryland, Argues That Servants in Marylan Profit from Life in the Colonies, 1666” (page 38) mentions how women get married eventually and wont go into poverty after they leave. They are capable of doing more things due to experiences that they had as
The way of living changed for many when the new world was discovered. Daily life consisted of blacks and whites everywhere, however consciously people were aware of everyones standings socially and economically which is what separated them. People’s lives consisted mostly of severents and slaves being around them. Throughout the two articles: The Anxious World of Slaveowning Patriarch written by Kathleen M. Brown and The Effects Of Paternalism Among Whites and Blacks written by Philip D. Morgan, two main terms were introduced. Patriarchalism and Paternalism. Patriarchalism is where the male is the head of everything and Paternalism is more about a softer family system. In Brown’s essay, she basically states that both are are integrated into society. You can not simply just have one. In …show more content…
Trade routes helped them build as a society. This brought in many new resources for them. Eventually as Europeans exlplored, they realized this new land came with an abudance of gold. Eventually Europeans came into this new world as servants in exchange for the voyage over, however they always teamed up and tried to escape. In “Indentured Servant Richard Frethrone Laments His Condition in Virginia, 1623” (page 36) it describes how health has been bad. “I never ate any thing but peas and loblollie (that is water gruel)…We are not allowed to go and get it, but must Work hard both early and late for a mess of water gruel, and a mouthful of bread and beef..” As it shows health must have been a main issue due to the amount they were being given and the type of nutrition they were offered. Also in “George Alsop, a Resident of Maryland, Argues That Servants in Marylan Profit from Life in the Colonies, 1666” (page 38) mentions how women get married eventually and wont go into poverty after they leave. They are capable of doing more things due to experiences that they had as