Homework: U.S. History
i. What forms of labor did slaves in the Northern colonies perform? How did slave life in the North shape African-American society and culture?
ii. What type of jobs did slaves perform in the earliest days of the colonies in the lower South? How did the emergence of the rice and indigo as staple crops alter the labor and lives of slaves?
iii. How did the lives of slaves in the cities of the lower South differ from those on rice plantations
iv. What were the primary cultural differences between slaves living on rice plantations and those living in cities in the lower South?
v. How did time shape African and African-American culture in the Chesapeake region? In particular, what differences separated slaves who arrived earlier in the colony and those who came later?
vi. What factors helped to lessen these differences in the middle of the 1700s?
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
i) The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
ii) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
iii) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.