Analytical Essay
1. You are an indentured servant living in the Virginia colony in 1650. Describe your background, current conditions, and future prospects.
I think I would probably be poor and homeless. I would hope to be a skilled servant with a trade but, I probably would not be able to read or write and would be unskilled. I would hope to sign a contract for maybe only 5-7 years. There would be at least one hundred other homeless children with me as well. Living quarters would not be ideal due to all the sickness and diseases (Stanziani, 2013). Poor living conditions, hard labor, difficulties adjusting to new climates and native diseases ran rampant among the servants ((Stanford, 2008). Servants often spoke English and were white. Some …show more content…
Society in South Carolina was changing, with large numbers of new slaves being brought to the colony. This put whites in fear of slave rebellions and led them to implement stricter controls on slaves, these tougher procedures ended up bringing about a rebellion. A malaria epidemic in Charlestown, which caused general confusion throughout Carolina, may have influenced the timing of the Rebellion (Woods, 2015). The recent passage of the Security Act by the South Carolina Colonial Assembly may also have played a role (Woods, 2015). Many slaves knew that small groups of runaways had made their way from South Carolina to Florida, where they had been given freedom and land. The Spanish had issued a proclamation stating that any slave who deserted to St Augustine would be given the same treatment. What exactly triggered the Stono Rebellion is not clear. The most important effect of the rebellion was the fact that slaves could influence the system (Selfa, 2010). This experience showed that a person cannot be superior to another due to the color of skin or religion (Selfa, 2010). Human being experienced one of the hardest examinations during colonization. People learned to create New World on empty land. They faced starvation, epidemic and war that made them violent and intolerant (Selfa, 2010). Nevertheless, free spit of African Americans helped them to fight for equity (Selfa,
1. You are an indentured servant living in the Virginia colony in 1650. Describe your background, current conditions, and future prospects.
I think I would probably be poor and homeless. I would hope to be a skilled servant with a trade but, I probably would not be able to read or write and would be unskilled. I would hope to sign a contract for maybe only 5-7 years. There would be at least one hundred other homeless children with me as well. Living quarters would not be ideal due to all the sickness and diseases (Stanziani, 2013). Poor living conditions, hard labor, difficulties adjusting to new climates and native diseases ran rampant among the servants ((Stanford, 2008). Servants often spoke English and were white. Some …show more content…
Society in South Carolina was changing, with large numbers of new slaves being brought to the colony. This put whites in fear of slave rebellions and led them to implement stricter controls on slaves, these tougher procedures ended up bringing about a rebellion. A malaria epidemic in Charlestown, which caused general confusion throughout Carolina, may have influenced the timing of the Rebellion (Woods, 2015). The recent passage of the Security Act by the South Carolina Colonial Assembly may also have played a role (Woods, 2015). Many slaves knew that small groups of runaways had made their way from South Carolina to Florida, where they had been given freedom and land. The Spanish had issued a proclamation stating that any slave who deserted to St Augustine would be given the same treatment. What exactly triggered the Stono Rebellion is not clear. The most important effect of the rebellion was the fact that slaves could influence the system (Selfa, 2010). This experience showed that a person cannot be superior to another due to the color of skin or religion (Selfa, 2010). Human being experienced one of the hardest examinations during colonization. People learned to create New World on empty land. They faced starvation, epidemic and war that made them violent and intolerant (Selfa, 2010). Nevertheless, free spit of African Americans helped them to fight for equity (Selfa,