SLAVERY VIRGINIA
in
The Big Question ...
WHY DOES SLAVERY IN VIRGINIA MATTER?
1619
1865
1954
2019
SLAVERY &
&
SEGREGATION
PUNGOTEAGUE CREEK
EASTERN SHORE
John Casor was his servant for life, Johnson said—
Or, put another way, his slave.
ANTONIO A NEGRO
T
G
A
A
T
G
Arriving in America was almost as terrifying as the voyage itself
terrifying
ANTONIO SURVIVED THIS TOO
SUR
GOOD LUCK OR BAD?
LUCK
The Surviving Northampton County Court Record
Northampton
County
John Casor, though—
He was going to have none of that
none
MORE
VIRGINIAN
THAN THE
VIRGINIANS
VIRGINIAN
VIRGINIANS
STEREOTYPES OF SLAVES & PEASANTS
&
MUSLIM & CHRISTIAN EXPANSION INTO AFRICA
&
CURSE OF HAM
LIMPIEZA de SANGRE
de
WHITE SERVANTS
SLAVES
to
1670: 4 to 1
1690: 1 to 4
4 to 1
1 to 4
BACON'S REBELLION (1676–1677)
–
INCREASE IN ANTI-BLACK RACISM
ANTI-
BLACK
DECLINE
IN SUPPLY OF WHITE SERVANTS
OF
ROYAL AFRICAN COMPANY
COMPANY
SLAVES = MONEY
SLAVES
SLAVES
AUGUST 1800
1800
LITTLEPAGE'S BRIDGE
GABRIEL'S
CONSPIRACY;
'
or, It only looks peaceful!
looks
THE "OLD" SOUTH
BUT WE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING SO WELL!
THOUGHT
THIS AIN'T VIRGINIA
ENTAIL & PRIMOGENITURE
ENITURE
&
END OF TRANS-ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE
OF
INVENTION OF COTTON GIN
FRESH SUPPLY
TRANS-ATLANTIC
1500–1866: 128,000
128,000
DOMESTIC
1790–1860: 1,000,000
1,000,000
SLAVES = MONEY
SLAVES
SLAVES
AUGUST 30, 1800
,
OCT. 10, 1800
,
SEEMED LIKE A GOOD IDEA AT THE TIME!
SEEMED LIKE A GOOD IDEA AT THE TIME!
SOUTHERN WEALTH
|
Slave |
Non-slave | |
|---|---|---|
| 1850 | $7.3 tr | $8.8 tr |
| 1860 | $10.2 tr | $10.9 tr |
$7.3 tr
$8.8 tr
$10.2 tr
$10.9 tr
$16.77 tr
US GDP 2O13:
THE "OLD" SOUTH
MONUMENT AVE.
.
SHE REMEMBERS
1940 CENSUS
WEST POINT, VA
,
Eudora Richardson
HENRIETTA KING
258 7th ST., WEST POINT
OLLI Class 4
By Encyclopedia Virginia
OLLI Class 4
Anthony Johnson / Gabriel / Henrietta King
