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Hi Allison. I enjoyed your post with the image talking about slavery and how it ties to Chesapeake culture. Tobacco plantations was the driving source of money for that region, and slavery was the best way to organize labor. In fact, in the American Yawp it talks about how the "demand of growing a plantation required a more reliable labor force," and that the "transatlantic slave trade provided such a workforce."

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I think this image is a great example of how life was like for the colonists. Life was very difficult, people were starving, and slaves were being worked to death. A majority of the original settlers died due to disease and starvation. Richard Frethorne talks about how sad his parents would be to see him in his current condition. He begs for his parents to rescue him or send him supplies so he can actually have something to eat. I think this is one of the best posts because it captures how difficult and bleak life was back then.

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This was actually artwork created by John Smith and George Alsop about the landscape of Chesapeake Bay when the colonists made contact with the Native Americans. This picture is from the early 1600's. I think this picture shows the difficulty the colonist faced with the terrain, Native opposition, and the difficulty to create settlements on new land. The colonist did not know the land, while the Natives knew the land inside and out. It is tied to Chesapeake culture because it shows a Native American with a musket which is one of the things Richard Frethorne discusses in his letter. Richard says, "but now the Rogues growe verie bold, and can use peeces, some of them, as well or better than an Englishman, ffor an Indian did shoote with Mr Charles my M[aster’s] Kindsman at a marke of white paper, and hee hit it at the first, but Mr Charles Could not hit it" Frethorn 3-1).

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Kourtney,
I think you did a great job choosing a picture that describes the Chesapeake culture and how the slavery became established by the way of tobacco farms. I would agree that farming played the biggest role in the start of slavery in the Chesapeake area, especially the farming of tobacco. You made a great point in saying that tobacco was in high demand, therefore more tobacco farms were starting, and more labor was needed. This demand could've lead to the first slave auction in 1638.

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This photo was found on http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/tserve/freedom/1609-1865/essays/slavelabor.htm posted by Daniel Littlefeild . I believe this photo shows how African American workers were being exploited and forced into slavery. The photo shows the intensive labor the African American people had to endure, controlled by the White man on the horse. in the 1600's, land was more available for British colonists to purchase in large quantities for farming, especially tobacco. The large amount of farming land required a lot of work, and African Americans were forced into slavery to tend to the land. This initially started in Jamestown and the surrounding colonies that made up the Chesapeake area.

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Hi Sophia. I really liked your post and picture because it represented the slaves and servants in 17th century very well. I agree with you, that during these times it was not easy for them. Slavery was a way that provoked the success of the tobacco although. Infact, in the lecture from this unit it says, "Jamestown had the first slave auction in 1638." So Jamestown was known for slavery which then again did affect the the advancement in the tobacco era during this time. Over all, I really liked this picture you chose because it represented the chesapeake time and slavery.

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I found this image at the website https://arlingtonhistorical.org/slavery-in-colonial-new-england/ which is captioned "Slaves working in 17th-century Virginia," by an unknown artist in 1670. I believe this image shows the slavery conducted during the colonial period to grow the crops tobacco and rice in plantations. This image can be tied to Chesapeake culture because back then slavery was a big part of the economy for the region. Slavery was the main way of finding labor, and considering tobacco was a major cash crop in the Chesapeake region, slavery was pivotal for the success of this product. In the document "Richard Frethorne Describes Indentured Servitude in Virginia," he describes the hard work that comes with working in one of the plantations. He goes into how the "Plantac[i]on is very weak, by reason of the death, and sickness" of the company (Johnson 32). Plantation work was not easy, but many slaves and servants had to work them.

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I found this picture from the website, https://b-womeninamericanhistory17.blogspot.com/2019/04/the-chesapeake-tobacco-economy.html and it was published April 2nd, 2019. I believe this shows the intensive labor that was needed during this time period due to tobacco becoming more popular. John Rolfe discovered American Tobacco and it was spread around to everyone because they loved it. Therefore there were slaves that were needed for this and many other jobs as well. Slavery really became known in Jamestown and they had the first slave auction in 1638. This ties to Chesapeake culture because it shows how slavery was becoming a large role in the society in Jamestown.

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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.