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Response to :Chesapeake colonial living conditions- Hannah Greenwood

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Response to :Chesapeake colonial living conditions- Hannah Greenwood

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All work no play is a great phrase to depict early colonist. Many people died under awful working conditions to build up the early colonies. With poor nutrition, little to no farming in the early stages, food and water were scarce. In "Virgina A Troubled Colony" Stated that a bushel of Maize were 10-15 shillings per bushel. Trading with other colonies and natives did not make it easy for them.

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Image above: James Fort construction, May-June 1607. Credit: National Park Service, Colonial National Historical Park. May 13th 2007

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Colonial Living Conditions at Chesapeake

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Colonial Living Conditions at Chesapeake

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After reading the material and watching the lectures, it is interesting to learn how harsh it was to set up a new colony. The image above is of the James Fort Construction, it was created by the National Park Service at the Colonial National Historical Park. This picture represent the early establishment of a colony.  If you look closely you are able to view the early structures of a wall being built. Along with small huts strewn, waiting to be enclosed by this protective wall. This is a very early representation of what a colonial outpost in Chesapeake would look like before you had larger buildings, guard towers and proper homes. In the document "Virginia A Troubled Colony"   At the start of paragraph three the author writes "The new people that are yearly sent over...find neither guest-house, inn, nor any the like place to shroud themselves in at their arrival."  You can take from this picture ships bringing goods to the settlers and see no large in,, or houses to accommodate them. Just small tents and hunts to protect from the elements.

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Response to Tristan Sexton- Hannah Greenwood

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Response to Tristan Sexton- Hannah Greenwood

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I think the image you chose really does a good job at depicting just how harsh the conditions were, and the demands put on the slaves. They worked tirelessly (whether they were or not) from sunup to sundown just to stay alive. No matter if it was blazing hot sun, or blizzard like winter conditions, they were out doing the work of the plantation owners, for food. The way we live now makes it so crazy to think that people literally had to work for a mouthfulls worth of food, and bread at that, not even a source of protein.

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Image from an article titled "Daily Life in Colonial America" by Joshua J. Mark, published on April 8, 2021

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Chesapeake colonial living conditions- Hannah Greenwood

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Chesapeake colonial living conditions- Hannah Greenwood

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I believe this image is showing all different ranks of life in colonial times in America. After the English came to the Americas, they began to run the country and take any inhabitants as slaves. I see this depicted in this image, the English gentleman in black, holding what I would guess to be a whip of some sort, directing it at the African-American men who are doing labor intensive work. Off the the left side, you see to children sitting and playing with the other's hair. Slavery was just at its beginning at this time, but it is very evident in this picture. The slaves are doing the hard work that is needed on the plantation, while the owners sit back and enjoy the day, drink alcohol, smoke, talk, etc.
Life in the Chesapeake time was very much similar, in the passage "Letter to Father and Mother" the kid is talking about how poor his health is since he got off the boat, and how limited the food options are. "I never ate anything but porridge, and water gruell. As for deer or venison I never say any since I came into this land, there is indeed some foule but we are not allowed to go and get it, but must work hard both early and late for a mess of water gruell and a mouthful of bread."
The phrase "all work no play" that we have made into a saying for dedication to something goes into a whole different meaning here, where there is literally no freedom, you work in order to eat, and it is not even substantial food to keep a person healthy enough to go as hard and they were required.

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Response to "Indentured Servitude in 1622 Virginia" -Addison Schroeder

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Response to "Indentured Servitude in 1622 Virginia" -Addison Schroeder

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I think the picture you chose depicts the work environment very accurately. According to Richard Frethorne's letters the days of work were no piece of cake. They worked long hours with very little to eat. He even said "would not care to lose anie lymbe to bee in England againe" (Richard 1). Richard was not living an easy life. He was surrounded by death and hungy people.

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Response to "Chesapeake Colonial Living Conditions" - Tristan Sexton

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Response to "Chesapeake Colonial Living Conditions" - Tristan Sexton

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I agree this pictures gives a great representation to what was described in Richard Frethorne's letter to his parents. I believe the men in this photo also relate back to the topic I represented, the harsh work loads forced on them by their employers. Frethorne stated "but must Worke hard both earelie, and late for a messe of water gruell, and a mouthfull of bread". The people in this photo look both hungry and tired, as they are either laying down or seem to be in a very tired state slouched with their eyes closed in the photo.

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From "A School History of the United States, from the Discovery of America to the Year 1878" by David B. Scott (1878)

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Indentured Servitude in 1622 Virginia - Tristan Sexton

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Indentured Servitude in 1622 Virginia - Tristan Sexton

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I believe this depiction of the Tabaco cultivation from Jamestown is a great representation of the harsh work demands that controlled the lives of the indentured servants. Richard Frethorne describes the rigorous morning to evening workload forced upon him by his employers, all for a little "pease [porridge], and loblollie (that is water gruell)". He continues by describing how he and the others see things like "foule", but are unable to capture any because they must continue to work from early to late. I like the representation of a man on horseback looking over the workers, making sure they are unable to stop work at any time to do something like hunting fowl, or collection other food or water for themselves.

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I believe that this image describes the living conditions of the Chesapeake colonial living conditions because it shows that there is many men in one room and as I was reading I saw the quote "yet there came some fo[u]r other men yet to lyve with us, of which ther is but one alive" (Frethorn 1). So imagined the places to live were full and based off the rest of the reading the people sounded hungry and miserable. This picture seemed to have quite a few more modern aspects then the 1600s had but I still believe it depicts the conditions pretty well. I think this image is tied to Chesapeake culture because it is actually a picture of a shelter for immigrants which is technically what all of the settlers were since they moved permanently to a foreign country.

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After reading document 3-1 and “Virginia, A Troubled Colony,” make TWO posts:

(Be sure to put your name in the title of each post)

ONE: Choose and post any image (that does not appear in the textbook or lecture) that you feel is a good representation of Chesapeake colonial living conditions.
Then explain:

-         Who created it and when

-         What you believe it shows

-         How it is tied to Chesapeake culture

-         Be sure to include at least one specific piece of evidence from the documents.

TWO: Pick which one of your other group member's posts you think was best - make a new post next to it explaining why. Be sure to include one piece of evidence backing up your decision.