Tobacco became the profitable cash crop that saved the Jamestown colony, but it was a labor-intensive crop to cultivate. Plantation owners in the South from 1690 to 1750 utilized indentured servants and enslaved Africans for labor, as indigenous natives had proved too difficult to enslave as they knew the land and could escape. Enslaved Africans were obtained through the triangular trade and endured the dreaded Middle Passage. Slaves resisted their owners through methods like faking illness, breaking tools, and working slowly, though rebellions like the Stono Rebellion in South Carolina led to crackdowns and punishment of slaves whether involved or not.

1. The Agricultural South Chapter 3, Section 2

2. Southern Life Profitable crop that saved Jamestown: Tobacco Cash crop : a crop grown in large quantities primarily to sell

3. Southern Life Tobacco is a labor-intensive crop Originally enslaved natives, but this proved too difficult 1. Knew the land and could escape 2. Dying from smallpox

4. Southern Life Began enslaving Africans From 1690 to 1750:

5. Southern Life Plantation Owners Free white men Indentured servants and women Slaves and natives

6. The Slave Trade Triangular trade Middle Passage

14. Slave Resistance Ways that slaves resisted their owners: Faked sick Broke tools Worked slowly

15. Slave Resistance Stono Rebellion : a group of S.C. slaves gathered weapons and rose up against owners; many Africans were killed whether they were involved or not Began a crackdown on slaves

16. Resources Slavery The Slave Trade, “Amazing Grace” Slavery in Pictures