Chesapeake Culture in Pictures - Group 4 by Course Materials

INSTRUCTIONS

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

(Be sure to put your name in the title)

Choose and post any image from an online source (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.

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2024-09-03 15:34:49 UTC

George Washington as a farmer by Junius Brutus Stearns in 1853.

I believe that this painting is showing the life of the workers/slaves. It shows how the higher ups got to sit around and demand while the others had to obey and listen. This ties back to Chesapeake culture because this is what they relied on, they relied on the slaves and servants to keep the economy running stable, while the others got to sit back and watch. "fluid labor arrangements and racial categories solidified into the race-based, chattel slavery that increasingly defined the economy of the British Empire." (The American YAWP)

Katelyn

2024-09-05 03:00:03 UTC

After watching “Settlement and Conflict in the Chesapeake” and reading documents 3-1 from The American Past, I found an image that illustrates the harsh living conditions of early Chesapeake settlers. It’s a photo of colonists dealing the last kernels of corn dated around 1609-1610. The artist is unknown of the image, but it shows colonists living in very basic and rough shelters, showing the severe challenges they faced. This image highlights the reality of poor housing and minimal furnishings. Documents 3-1 describes how settlers struggled with shelter, harsh weather, and limited resources, making daily life extremely difficult. This image aligns with these descriptions by visually representing the tough and simple living conditions, and a clear understanding of the hardships of early colonial life in the Chesapeake region. Something I read while going through the pictures is that food was so scarce that they were eating their own animals and possibly even other people because food was hard to come by.

Michaela Hobbins

michaelahobbins — 2024-09-05 18:08:40 UTC

After watching the video and reading the documents about Colonial Chesapeake, I found an image that for me sums up what living conditions were like during that time. The photo above pictures a colonial slave owner overseeing slaves gathering materials to start building. I feel that this best represents what living conditions were like because it illustrates how primitive the housing would've been judging by the tools and materials being used. The artist is unknown, however I do think this illustration really highlights how the settlers built their foundation with slavery and it was important to me that that was shown in the image I chose. Another reason I feel this accurately portrays the living conditions of Chesapeake is that you can clearly see a lack of resources, the only building material pictured is wood. The image above also pictures the lack of other civilizations, they are clearly starting from scratch. According to the documents 3-1 resources were limited and conditions were harsh. It was very difficult for the settlers to get a colony built and functioning. Building materials were limited, as were food sources, and proper shelter from the harsh elements as well. I feel that the image I chose encompasses those struggles and more.

Noah White

2024-09-05 20:56:33 UTC

I have chosen this image to represent Chesapeake culture and the average living conditions. This painting was created by the artist, Sidney E. King in 1956. I believe that this image showed the brutal working conditions that the people were tasked with everyday as stated in Reading the American Past, "but must Worke hard both earelie, and late for a messe of water gruell, and a mouthfull of bread for a pennie loafe must serve for 4 men wch is most pitifull" (Johnson, 31). The image directly shows the people hard at work to meet the living conditions for the day. This image is tied to Chesapeake culture because it shows how much the people relied on farming to live.

Evelyn Delaney

2024-09-05 21:57:18 UTC

The picture was from an online openstax textbook about U.S History. Here is the link:

https://pressbooks-dev.oer.hawaii.edu/ushistory/chapter/english-settlements-in-america/

I believe its showing the difference between the labors/servants/slaves vs their masters or whoever was in charge of them. You see the big white house in the background that looks a lot nicer than the huts these individuals stayed in. The servants are seen to be working and no one is resting. It shows the poor living conditions they faced and the labor they endured.

This is tied to Chesapeake culture because it shows their plantation, and plantations were apart of that colonial culture. It shows the independence or self sufficiency of the plantations and shows the example of the forced labor that kept that independence alive. Along with the huts like I stated above, it shows the poor living conditions of that culture. It gives a visual on how life may have looked and the culture of labor, housing, and independence. I also believe in the text from the American Yawp, it states tobacco was one of main sources of income and shows how these slaves were put into forced labor to help Chesapeake culture/society's thrive. Most of the text did emphasize how these colonies relied on these individuals put into forced labor to keep them alive and allow an income.