Large landowners in the South relied on indentured servants and slaves to work their land, while farmers worked according to their region's crops and relied on family labor. Artisans worked as craftsmen in towns and plantations. Women worked as caretakers and homemakers within the home and had limited education and no right to vote. Indentured servants agreed to work without pay to pay for their passage to the colonies and would become free after their contract ended, while slaves were captured in Africa and sold as property for life without rights or chance of freedom.

1. Colonial People
USI.5c~
Describe colonial life in
America from the
perspectives of large
landowners, farmers,
artisans, women,
indentured servants, and
slaves.

2. Large Landowner
• Lived
predominately in
the South
• Relied on
indentured
servants and/or
slaves for labor
• Were educated in
some cases
• Had rich Social
Culture

3. Farmers
• Worked the land
according to the
region
• Relied on family
members for labor

4. Artisans
• Worked as
Craftsmen in
towns and on the
plantation
• Lived in small
villages and cities
Blacksmith
(above)
Glassblower
(left)

5. Women
• Worked as
caretakers,
houseworkers,
homemakers
• Could NOT vote
• Had few chances
for education
(Their older brother
may teach them to
read using the
Bible, that’s it!!!)

6. Indentured Servants
• Consisted of men
and women who did
not have money for
passage to the
colonies and who
agreed to work
without pay for the
person who paid for
their passage
• Were free at the
end of their
contract.

7. Free African Americans
• Were able to own
land
• Had more economic
freedom and could
work for pay and
decide how to spend
their money
• Were not allowed to
vote

8. Enslave African Americans
• Were captured in their
native Africa and sold
to slave traders
• Slaves were then sold to
slave traders and
shipped to the colonies
where they were sold
into slavery
• Slaves were owned as
property for life with
no rights
• Slaves were often born
into slavery (children of
enslaved African
Americans were born
into slavery)