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I like the fact that this picture shows how tobacco was produced, kind of. It shows in a way what they did and just how the tobacco industries began. Virginia became very well known for their tobacco after John Rolfe came along. I found it intriguing how one man changed one small thing and it became the thing they were well known for now.

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The creation of this picture is unknown. It was located within a short book I found on the National Museum of African American’s History and Culture. I’ll insert a link at the end. To me, personally, this picture emphasizes the slavery that began at this time. It’s tied to the Chesapeake culture because of that fact, and that fact alone although I’m sure there’s more, but that’s what I am interpreting from this picture. From Document 3-1 we learn about Richard and the letter he had sent back home to his parents begging them to save him. Throughout this letter, you definitely notice quite a bit. Things like the dialogue, and how it’s spelled, and not only that but just the tone. On page 34, in Reading the American
Past, he explains how there are “26 English men slayne by the Indians” and that they had no mercy. He continued to beg for his life as he would either end up slaughtered, or dying because of a contagious disease. This alone says much about the living conditions, as they’re not so great.

https://www.searchablemuseum.com/the-chesapeake-making-race

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I agree with you conclusion that Tobacco was a cash crop in colonial America. I wanna add to that the part from 3-4, paragraph 3, which says that people moving to Maryland found Great Wealth and prosperity in the planting of Tobacco.

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Above is A picture by American Artist Sydney King which depict the lives of tobacco farmers in the British colonies. I thought that this image was significant because as our online textbooks says, "Men of middling means found greater opportunities in Maryland, which prospered as a tobacco colony without the growing pains suffered by Virginia." I thought since this picture depicts Tabacco farmers, it might be relevant since Maryland started as a Tobacco farm.

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The engraving was created in the 18th century, however, the author is unknown. As this was a common practice during the 18th century for engravings to be anonymous without signature or date. This engraving shows a tobacco plantation during the colonial period. The plantation is depicted with rows of tobacco plants, large ships, and enslave people working in the fields. This image represents the economic foundation of the Chesapeake colonies, as tobacco was the primary cash crop and the source of much of the region's wealth. Additionally, the presence of enslaved people in the image illustrates the institution of slavery and its impact on the Chesapeake colonies.

One piece of evidence from the documents that tie this engraving to Chesapeake culture is the fact that tobacco was the primary cash crop of the region. At the beginning of 3-3, A European Tobacco Shop states that the economy of 17th-century British colonies strictly relied on Europeans and their desire to use tobacco. As well, some Europeans even claimed it as some type of medical cure.

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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.