Who am I?

1

• Who am I?
• I couldnt pay to come to the colonies from
  Germany so I agreed to work for five years for
  Mr. Randolph.
• When I finish the five year servitude, Im going
  to move out to the frontier and start my own farm.

2
Who am I?

• I live in Virginia.
• I pay for people's passage over to America, as
  long as they agree to work for me for seven
  years.
• I was educated at William Mary.
• I own a plantation

3
Who am I?

• I must adapt (change) my farming in reaction to
  the land I work.
• I depend on my family to help me. The more
  children the better.

4
Who am I?

• I work in a town, but I used to work on a
  plantation.
• Most of my colleagues live in the city or in
  small villages.

5
Who am I?

• I own my own plot of land in Richmond.
• I cant vote.
• I can spend my own money and support myself.

6
Who am I?

• I take care of the cleaning, organization of the
  house, and family.
• I dont worry about political affairs, I cant
  vote.
• I was not able to go to school.

7
Who am I?

• I am a Mendi rice farmer who was kidnapped on the
  way to my farm, and enslaved
• I was sold to pale sailors, who brought me to
  this land. They have forced me to farm their
  rice.
• They treat me as property.

8
Indentured Servants

• Indentured servants usually were poorer Europeans
  who couldnt pay the long and expensive trip
  across the Atlantic.
• They were freed at the end of the service, and
  usually moved west to start their own farms

9
Large landowners

• John Randolph first gentlemen of colonial
  America
• Owned 6000 acres
• Ancestor of Pocahontas
• Elected to Congress in 1799, and served in Senate
  in 1825 to 1827

10
Farmers

• Local farmer who had to deal with the climate and
  geography the best they could
• Large families made farming easier because they
  had more people to help.

11
Artisans

• Craftsmen worked in towns and on plantations.
• Lived in small villages and cities.
• In this picture
• Coopering - crafting containers for commodities
  such as gunpowder, tobacco, and flour
• Other Artisans- barrel makers, metal workers,
  tanners (leather workers) and printers

12
Free African Americans

• Were able to own land
• Had more economic freedom and could work for pay
  and decide how to spend their money
• Not allowed to vote

13
Women

• Women worked as caretakers, house workers, or
  homemakers
• Women had no political rights
• It was seen as a waste of time to educate women.

14
Slaves

• Were captured in their native Africa and sold
  into slavery.
• Children of slaves were born into slavery.
• Slaves were owned as property for life, they did
  not have any rights.
• Portrait of a Mendi rice farmer who was captured
  on the way to his farm and sold into slavery. He
  led a mutiny on the slave ship in Cuban waters
  and killed most of the crew. The Africans won
  their freedom after a lengthy battle in U.S.
  courts.