MSFS 101 final Colonial America and Enslaved People

What was the first lasting colonial settlement in Colonial America

St. Augustine, Florida

Researchers were able to distinguish early European burial sites from Native American ones because they found this in the graves

Brass pins

Early settlements in the Americas…

Struggled to make it through the first season

Early on, the situation was dire for the Virginia Colony and of the dead were…

Buried with little ceremony and in unmarked graves

Early Virginian gentry were buried in this fashion

Buried beneath ledger stones in the aisles of the church

After colonization stabilized, funerals for the Virginian gentry were more like Enlish funerals, which…

Only included religious services at the grave

The Massachusetts Bay colony was primarily…

Puritan

These were common tokens given to the New England community to announce or remember the dead (3)

Gloves, rings, dead-cakes

The Great Puritan Awakening of 1740 caused 4 major shifts in funeral customs. One was:

An increase in religious enthusiasm

Rosemary was a common plant used in New England funerals because it symbolized…

Rememberance

These were messengers that delivered memorial invitations

Warners

What was a Monkey spoon supposed to resemble?

An apostle

Slavery is inhuman and our book made this clear by sharing this datapoint with us, among others

90% of enslaved children didn’t make it past the age of 16

This was the non-crop producing land where enslaved people were buried

Hush Harbors

Graves for the enslaved were sometimes dug by this group of people because they were not suitable for field labor

Children

This was the style of burial for enslaved people during early colonization

Without ceremony and in unmarked graves

Enslavers did this after the enslaved people of this time rebelled, demanding respect and honor for their dead

Mutilated those that rebelled but allowed funerals, limited in size and time.

This best describes a “Home Going”

A huge celebration to honor the enslaved person’s journey “home”, which included a feast

This is why funerals became very important to those enslaved (3)

It was a rare time for them to get her, they honored the body of the oen who’s body was not honored in life, and it was an opportunity to discuss a path to freedom and liberation

Who was the first African American embalmer?

Prince Greer