Textbook Reading:
Chapter 2 Lesson 3 (pages 52-58); Gullah Culture (40) Chapter 2 Lesson 4 (pages 59-60 & 64-66) |
8-1.4 Slavery and the Economy
Explain the significance of enslaved and free Africans in the developing culture and economy of the South and South Carolina, including the
growth of the slave trade and resulting population imbalance between African and European settlers; African contributions to agricultural
development; and resistance to slavery, including the Stono Rebellion and subsequent laws to control slaves.