A Year in the Life: Pages from a Plantation Account Book

1. Source: Account Book

Who wrote it?

Where was it written?
When was it written?
Why was it written?
2. Activities by month: List activities of the slaves that you find in each of the months
of the book in the chart below.

April [Tuesday the 24] 3. What are Sundays (and sometimes Saturday nights) like
for slaves? [the Negroes all at rest], [I gave the hands]

June 4. How did house slaves get along with their owners? [Mary
Ann left for Natchez]

5. How did overseers deal with problems with slaves and

runaways? [Negroes are shi runnaway]
July

6. What happened to sick slaves? [July 10 6 sick]

September 7. Were slaves successful at running away? What happened

to them? [Richman]

8. How were pregnant field slaves treated? [Body gat a

Baby]
October 9. What are the two crops found on the Eustatia plantation?
List the activities that slaves to for each of these crops.

10.Patsy Ann runs away, but returns to work a few days

later. Why?

November
11.What kinds of foods were provided to slaves? [Gave all
the hands]

12.What was done with slave children? [Tom repairing]

December

13.What was the week of Christmas like for the slaves? [All
links]

January

14.What job is Kean performing as foreman? [Foreman]

15.Whats one thing that surprised you about the activities and lives of the slaves on
the Eustatia plantation? Why?