Colonial America
When we think of Colonial America we think of the thirteen colonies formed by English settlers. The English colonized America along the East Coast. The settlers came on ships seeking a new life. One lifestyle that continued within the new colonies was slavery. England was already using slavery as a way to get the labor on plantations completed. Slaves were brought over to the American colonies by the hundred thousands.
Slaves were not happy about being controlled, like animals, with whips and beatings. They would run from their owners to finally be free from the oppression of their owners. This poster, created by James, is an artist interpreted example of a reward for multiple slaves running from the masters. These posters would be tacked up for everyone to see. That would create a massive search party for the slaves in order to collect the money.
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Slaves were not always happy with their living conditions. Slaves ran from their masters causing slave owners to set rewards for their capture. This is an original representation, by Issac, of a reward poster for a runaway slave. This is what a draft of the poster would look like and the the actual poster after it went to press.
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Here is an excellent example of a newsletter that would have been printed. Newsletters covered a broad area of topics including the Spanish interests in the new land, as well as, the dangers and benefits of new crops. This original representation was created by Jared. It shows us the topics covered in the newsletter, and it shows how a newsletter would look in colonial times. Newsletters helped spread the word about new discoveries, dangers, and politics. As shown in the document, we see that the newsletter covered the dangers of a new crop, as well as the conquests of Spain.
The following letter is an artistic interpretation by Ginny of a letter from a young Quaker lady living in the English Colonies to a young woman living in England. This letter details the role of a woman’s life in Quaker society, as well as giving a picture into life in the English colonies. The letter shows both the benefits and the hardships of being female in the English colonies of 1783.
This journal emotionally records the thoughts of a young girl whose family leaves their home country and travels to the New World. Describing the tensions between Puritan government and Quaker settlers in 17th century Boston, Sophia's diary gives a first-hand perspective of religious oppression in early America.
This journal details the fictional journey of the H.M.S. Hopewell and it's captain, J. H. Warminsham. Describing the treatment of slaves and conditions on a slave ship, it attempts to give an example of how a captain wold view and treat his "cargo" in 1738. In order to make the document more realistic, common spelling and grammar rules of the time were used, and it was written in a leather bound journal with parchment paper.
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This historical-fiction memoir holds the recollections of the day in 1701 when an African boy named Elphas was taken as a slave to the early Americas. Grace helps reveal the horrors of slavery in her artistic interpretation of this terrifying event.
Aaron's abstract
When the Puritans entered the New World, they wanted to bring about religious freedom and acceptance. However, their religion implemented strict legalism, and those who did not obey were severely punished. What was the point of the Puritans’ pilgrimage if they religious stringency in the New World that they sought to escape in England? Follow the story of Olivia Jacobs as she digs deeper into the world of the Puritans through the journal of a Puritan teenager, Andrew Tobias. Watch as Olivia finds something more profound than a simple story.