AP African American Studies / Unit 2: Freedom, Enslavement, and Resistance
2.6 Labor, Culture, and Economy
Notes
Enslaved people's labor built the US economy: cotton, tobacco, rice and sugar. They brought skills (rice cultivation from West Africa) and worked as artisans. Their labor fueled Northern and British industry too.
Practice
Enslaved Africans brought expertise in growing:
South Carolina Lowcountry.
Cotton grown by enslaved people supplied:
Global economy.
Enslaved people also worked as:
Many roles.
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