QUIZ 2 - Class 4: Chapter 2, Document #1, Virginia Slave Code, HoB

Tidewater

Coastal Virginia, which was aristocratic. Next to Chesapeake Bay which was where prime tobacco farming and real estate was

Piedmont

Inland Virginia, which was with normal people in agriculture. Was "empty"

The Old Dominion

The nickname for Virginia, with it being the 1st of 13 colonies

FFR

The first families of Virginia, such as the Lees and Washingtons

House of Burgesses (1619)

The first colony's mini parliament, which was subject to the King of England and Parliament, with limited autonomy

Limited Autonomy

Where the House of Burgesses was still subject to the King and Parliament, but given a loose leash

Lord Cornbury

The 1st governor of Virginia, who was the reason why the House of Burgesses was established. Called dumb.

Why was 1619 an important year in America?

1. House of Burgesses established

2. First slaves arrived to colonies

Bacon's Rebellion (1673)

The result of a minor confrontation between Indians and Colonist on the western frontier of Virginia. The settlers demanded that the governor, William Berkley, remove all Indians from the colony. After he refused, the settlers rebelled and their leader, Nathaniel Bacon, was able to garner support from the poor as well due to his call for tax reduction and an end to rule by rich elites like Berkley. Happened in Piedmont

What was the result of Bacon's Rebellion?

The planter class of Virginia established control of slaves, seeking chattel slavery instead of "unruly" indentured servants, in fear of a revolt.

Headright System

The system where 50 acres of land was given to someone if they paid for another person's passage to the colonies

Freeman

Newly protected citizens, in accordance to the law, once their indentured servitude contract ended

Freedom Dues

Payment given to freemen after their indentured servitude contract ended, not given land

3 P's of Slavery

1. Property

2. Permanent

3. Perpetual

Miscengenation

Sexual relations between blacks and whites, resulting in mixed-race children. Color line crossed

South Carolina

Wanted control of the slaves, and held a 19:1 ratio of African Americans to whites

White Control over Blacks

1. No assembly of slaves

2. No arming or rebellion

3. No movement off property

4. No "threats of violence" towards whites

Slave Executions

Rare, due to being expensive and needing a guaranteed supply of labor

Virginia Slave Code

A group of acts by the House of Burgesses, declaring white supremacy, a guarantee of labor, control, and establishing boundaries of where people were in society. Making the color line stronger and more defined

Spurious

False, fake, illegitimate, such as mixed-race kids

Mercantilism

A French economic theory stating that a country must export more than they import. Colonies were created to assist the mother contry through mercantilism

Act XII (December 1662)

The act stating a child's freedom was based on their mother's race

Act III (September 1667)

The act stating

1. No slave freedom by baptism

- Closing a loophole

2. Color line established

- Established race, not religion, determined slave status

Act X (June 1680)

The act stating:

1. Arm themselves in fear of rebellion

2. Leave property without a permit

3. Punished for "threats of violence" to Christians

- Barbarian non-Christian blacks vs. Civilized Christian whites

4. Allowed rare slave executions

Act XVI (April 1681)

The act stating:

1. No movement off of property

2. No miscegenation

- Spurious issue

3. No interracial marriage

- Punishable by banishment from colony

Miscegenation

Sexual relations between white and blacks, the interbreeding of multiple racial and ethnic groups

- Spurious issue, produced mixed race kids