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Slave Culture (The Threat of Sale (children were commonly separated, some…
Slave Culture
The Threat of Sale
- children were commonly separated
- some slave owner's only cared about the slave children's ability to work in the fields
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federal census broke down the white population by five year age categories, but for slaves, it only divided them at age 10, when they were old enough to work
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Gender Roles
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men couldn't be the economic providers for their families nor protect their wives and children from abuse / labor
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Slave Religion
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Master Control
required slaves to attend services by white ministers who preached that theft was immoral and the Bible required obedience
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Desire for Liberty
Blacks seems selves as: working people, unjust bondage WANT FREEDOM
Slave folklore, doesn't challenge aggressors directly
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Religious songs = spirituals, hope for liberation
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The Slave Family
- Slave population grew from natural increase, not continued importation from Africa, so the male-female ratio was more even, so more families could be created
- the master had to consent if a slave man and women wanted to marry and families could be broken up by sale
- most adult slaves married and their unions lasted a long time
- slave community had a high number of female-headed households
- many families where extended family raised the children, not the immediate parents