TOMs 20c-20k (Period 7) by Mr. Tom-Tom https://padlet.com/mthompson111/iz8478vk618o Life in the 1780’s and 90’s en-us 2019-01-02 15:15:10 UTC 2019-01-03 18:58:02 UTC hello@padlet.com What was life like for an 18th Century Western farmer? mthompson111 https://padlet.com/mthompson111/iz8478vk618o/wish/317057887 •  Some men worked as day laborers or craftsmen
•  Others became prosperous community leaders in agriculture
•   women shared the dangers of migration and the hard labor of cleaning fields and raising crops
•  wives and daughters bore responsibility for managing household and caring for children and the elderly
•  The households were usually small since people lived in small homes with one room. There was a fireplace along the wall, and unfinished loft above the wall. There was little furnitures such as stools chairs etc. There weren't any glass windows but areas that seemed to be cut out as windows that were covered by wooden shudders. 
•  The soil for farming was rich, but the land was rocky and hard to farm on.
•  In earlier years, families were extended, but it depended on the family. Certain people were large families, while others lived with extended families.]]> 2019-01-02 15:15:10 UTC https://padlet.com/mthompson111/iz8478vk618o/wish/317057887 What was life like for a man on an 18th Century Virginia farm? mthompson111 https://padlet.com/mthompson111/iz8478vk618o/wish/317057889 •  The men on the farms were usually the main farmers.
• The farmer's main jobs were to keep the farm's accounts, oversee the work of the slaves and make purchases for the family.
•  One of the main crops grown was tobacco, which was known as a "cash crop". This is most of what the slaves worked on and the famers sold. 
•   A typical farm family had fewer than five slaves. 
•  If the man/farmer had the appropriate skills he would also build and repair buildings/fences, hunt, fish and taught their sons all of the necessary skills to run a farm.
•  Men also had to maintain civic duties such as paying taxes, voting, participating as jurors and serving in the county militia.
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•  women did some basic gardening, including raising herbs such as lavender, rosemary, parsley, and spearmint, as well as flax.
•   Women would use the crops they raised to weave thread which was used for making clothing and general woven goods around the house. 
•  women would use the herbs they grew to cure the ill with home remedies
•  women would do all of the cooking
•  women would preserve all the foods, such as canning and pickling various fruits and vegetables and storing meats 
•  women would use other parts of slaughtered animals to make various useful items, such as using the fat to make candles and soap.

]]> 2019-01-02 15:15:10 UTC https://padlet.com/mthompson111/iz8478vk618o/wish/317057890 What was life like for children on an 18th Century Virginia farm? mthompson111 https://padlet.com/mthompson111/iz8478vk618o/wish/317057891 •  The children fed chickens, collected eggs, picked tobacco worms off of plants, looked after siblings, and cared for farm animals
•   The children did not get a lot of education as only wealthy families had tutors
•  The girls learned how to work around the house and farm, and learned skills such as housekeeping, cooking, gardening, knitting, etc. Some were taught how to read, write, and study the Bibble
•  Some children worked as apprentices for tradesmen]]> 2019-01-02 15:15:10 UTC https://padlet.com/mthompson111/iz8478vk618o/wish/317057891 What was life like for enslaved people on an 18th Century Virginia farm? mthompson111 https://padlet.com/mthompson111/iz8478vk618o/wish/317057892 •  Having a slave was expensive, and many small farms didn't have a lot of slaves.
•  Slaves often worked from sunrise to sunset. The women cooked, did the laundry, and gardened. Men helped with the hanging, drying, and packing of tobacco.
•   It was hard for slaves on small farms to have a spouse. Some had family on other farms.
•  Slaves slept in the kitchen or outbuilding. Sometimes in buildings near the house.
•  When they weren't working slaves were allowed to do personal things like chores and gardening.
•  Slaves could raise chickens or tobacco and could sell them for money.
•  Slaves could also spend their time visiting friends, making music or telling stories.
•   Many of the things done by slaves integrated Virginia traditions and African traditions.]]> 2019-01-02 15:15:10 UTC https://padlet.com/mthompson111/iz8478vk618o/wish/317057892