Sought refuge in their families, religion and music
They blended their languages, cultures, and religions to create something new.
they sought refuge in their families, religion, art and dance.
Nearly 20% of the People on Board has died. Slaves were treated harshly, slave owners whipped and beats the slaves.
The first Africans brought to Colonial America on English occupied territory came ashore at Point Comfort, today's Fort Monroe in Hampton, Virginia. They were later transported to plantations including Jamestown. The White Lion, an English ship flying a Dutch Flag brought the first Africans to Virginia in August of 1619. The fist enslaved Africans were considered indentured servants but in 1661 the Virginia House of Burgess declared Africans to be slaves for life.
Life was mostly very bad for enslaved African Americans. They worked from sun up to sun down. Many were beaten daily with whips and the women were raped.
They blended their languages, cultures, and religions to create something new.
Africans told stories because they had wanted to keep their culture alive. When they were enslaved, africans were forbidden to read or write. As a solution, they told stories to teach their children about their culture and life.
The Purveyors (Portugal, Spain, England, Holland, France, the Arabs) of the African Slave Trade Used Enslaved Africans' Labor to Developed their Countries.
because one of the most important reasonsfor this change was that there weren't enough workers in the Americas.
they sought refuge in their families, religion, art and dance.
Religion was a second refuge for slaves
One thing enslaved Africans did to survive life under slavery was to build strong communities and support networks among themselves. This allowed them to provide mutual assistance, share resources, and maintain cultural traditions despite the harsh conditions they faced.
they farmed and washed clothes and etc.
Nearly 20% of the People on Board has died. Slaves were treated harshly, slave owners whipped and beats the slaves.
The economy of European settlements in the Americas depended heavily on the importation of enslaved people from Africa. Without their free labor, the Americas would quite likely have not prospered as it did. As Edouard Glissant writes, one can consider the African slave arriving in the Americas as a "naked migrant" - someone who came with nothing and had to create his life anew. European immigrants, even those who were fleeing prosecution or poverty, came because they wanted to. Even if they felt they had very little choice in the matter, there was a hope for a new life and a connection to the old through communities that shared the same language and cultural traditions. The enslaved people who were brought from Africa came under very different and more difficult conditions. We have them to thank, however, for their resistance and resilience. Much of American culture, from the banjo to jazz, from agricultural innovations to culinary traditions, has its roots in the contributions of Africans who came unwillingly to the Americas.
Free African - Americans worked in the city. They can most easily blend in and start a new life.
John Casor was the first person to be enslaved for life in 1654