reading responses

Chapter I

1.Why is Frederick not sure when he was born?
Slaves were not generally told when their birthday was

2. What is Frederick's last name at birth?
Bailey

3.Why would slaveholders want to keep a slave ignorant of such a simple thing as the date of his birth? (Education)
They didn't feel like slaves had the same rights as white people.

4. Who were Frederick's mother and father?Why does Frederick make the point that a slaveholder who has fathered a child is likely to be tougher on that child?
His mother was black and his father was white. he thought his father was his slave owner. He thought that the slaveholder would be more difficult on him because if he was not the child of his slaveholders own wife, then his wife would not think that the slave could do anything right and out of defense to her feelings the slaveholder was very strict.

5. Why does Frederick only rarely see his mother?
Slaves were not allowed to see their mother or children because if they had a close relationship with them, they would get mad if they were being mistreated. The slaveholder also felt compelled to see the mothers children out of defense for his wife

6. Is Frederick's relationship with his mother typical of other slave children? Frederick's mother snuck off of her plantation where she worked as often as she could to come see him. If she had gotten caught she would have suffered severe consequences

What is the role of the overseer on the plantation?
He was a slaveholder who beat the slaves if they were not obeying the rules or something

What is the relationship of the slaveholder to the overseer to the slave on the plantation? (History)
He looked over the slaveholders farms and beat his slaves for him.

What do we learn about Plummer, the overseer?
He was a drunk , profane swearer, and a savage monster

Who is Frederick's first master?
Captain Anthony

Why does Frederick tell the story of Lloyd's Ned?
He was telling what happened to his aunt and how he treated her more than unfairly

Chapter II
Who were the family members of Frederick's master Colonel Edward Lloyd?
Andrew and Richard (two sons), Lucretia (daughter), and her husband Captain Thomas Auld

What is the relationship of Colonel Lloyd to Frederick's master?
The master was Colonel Lloyd's clerk and superintendent.

Was there a pecking order among slaves? Explain.
The two or three hundred slaves that were on the same farm each did different jobs

Why would a slave whose life on a plantation was very bad fear being sold to a slave-trader?
On the plantation they lived on, they at least got a yearly allowance of food and clothing

Why was Severe an appropriate name for the overseer? (English)
Because he was a cruel man

Why is it difficult to find copies of slave songs?
The slaves sang most of them and didnt write them down

Why does Frederick suggest that slaves sing out of sorrow rather than out of joy?
By singing the sorrows of the heart the man is released by them

Tuesday September 18 Starter

The tax on whiskey caused the farmers [the people who made the whiskey] not be able to make any profit on it. The farmers were paying more for the tax than they were for actually making and selling the whiskey.

1. New Hampshire (1638): New England Colonies. It was first established so the people could expand their religion.

2. Delaware (1638):Middle Colonies. the colony was established so the colonist could trade and foodstuffs.
3. North Carolina (1653): Southern Coloniees. the colony was establsihed because of naval supplies, tobacco, and furs.

4. South Carolina (1663):Southern Colonies.The colony was established because of Rice, Indigo, Silk.

5. New Jersey (1664): Middle Colonies. Trade, foodstuffs, and copper took place there.

6. Pennsylvania (1682) Middle Coloniees. flax and shipbuiling took place in the new colony.

7. Georgia (1732): Southern colonies. Indigo rice, naval supplies, lumber.

Daily Starter Aug. 27, 2007

Dear family,

Jamestown has recently run out of food and supplies. The Native Americans think that we are taking over and forcing them out of thier own land. They have decided to retaliate by kidnapping some of our men in exchange for money. The only problem is that we don't have any money to trade with them. Most of the people here have even resorted to eating rats, mice, and house pets. Hopefully things will get better from here.

Love,

Rebecca

The women were traded for 150 pounds of tobacco. The colonist were willing to pay that much because they needed their economy to grow. I think after the women arrived, the colony did grow and after that it made it easier and easier for it to grow. The more population the colony had the more work the colonists could do and the more they could trade.