HY 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: James Oglethorpe, Tuscarora War, Savannah Indians
29 May 2018
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VI. The West Indies: Way Station to Mainland
America
1. As the British were colonizing Virginia they were also colonizing the West Indies colonies
that weakening Spain was letting go- along with Jamaica in 1655.
2. Sugar formed West Indian economy.
• Tobacco was poor man’s crop. Sugar was rich man’s crop.
• The rich grew lots of sugar on brutal plantations. Only the wealthy owners could succeed in
sugar.
• They brought in African slaves. ¼ of a million slaves were brought in 50 years time.
3. Blacks were more abundant than whites 4 to , even today the region’s population is
predominantly black.
4. To control slaves the English made codes that defined slave’s legal statues.
• The Barbados slave code of 1611 denied most fundamental rights to slaves and gave
masters control.
• West Indies depended on America for foodstuffs.
• At first Indians were intended to be used as slaves but disease killed about 90 % of all
natives.
• A group of English settlers from the West Indies brought enslaved Africans and the model
of slave code. Carolina adapted one like it in 1690.
VII. Colonizing the Carolinas
1. In England, King Charles I, had been beheaded. There was a civil war in the 64’s.
2. Oliver Cromwell ruled for 10 very strict years.
3. Englishmen restored Charles II to the throne in the restoration of 66.
4. Carolina was named for Charles II.
• The king granted land to court families who hoped to grow foodstuffs.
5. Carolina prospered by developing close economic ties with English West Indies. Many
settlers came from Barbados and established a slave trade in Carolina. Native Indians were
looked for to be slaves.
• Lord Proprietors in London protested against Indian slave trading. Indian slaves were sent
to the West Indies to work. Others were sent to new England.
In 1707 Savannah Indians ended allegiance with Carolinas and migrated back to Maryland
and
• Pennsylvania where a Quaker colony promised better relations between Indians and
Whites. Carolinians killed a lot of them before they left though.
• Rice emerged as the principal export crop. Africans knew how to grow it, and had a relative
immunity to malaria which made them ideal laborers on hot and swampy rice plantations.
6. In Charlestown Jews and others were attracted by religious tolerance despite violence with
Spanish and Indians. Carolinas were too strong to be wiped out.
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Document Summary
Only the wealthy owners could succeed in: tobacco was poor man"s crop. Sugar was rich man"s crop: blacks were more abundant than whites 4 to (cid:883), even today the region"s population is, to control slaves the english made (cid:498)codes(cid:499) that defined slave"s legal statues, they brought in african slaves. Colonizing the carolinas: oliver cromwell ruled for 10 very strict years, in england, king charles i, had been beheaded. Many settlers came from barbados and established a slave trade in carolina. Native indians were looked for to be slaves: lord proprietors in london protested against indian slave trading. Indian slaves were sent to the west indies to work. In 1707 savannah indians ended allegiance with carolinas and migrated back to maryland and: pennsylvania where a quaker colony promised better relations between indians and. Carolinians killed a lot of them before they left though: rice emerged as the principal export crop.
