USI 5d Colonial Jobs

“I needed a way to get out of England, but I didn’t have any

money. I made an agreement to work for a family in Virginia

for 5 years in return for a passage to the New World and

food and shelter when I get there.”

• Large Landowner

• Indentured Servant

• Enslaved African American

• Farmer

• Artisan

“I take care of my children and my home everyday. I am not

allowed to vote even though I am free and white.”

• Farmer

• Indentured Servant

• Enslaved African American

• Woman

• Free African American

“I live in the Southern colonies. I own a plantation where we

grow cotton. I have slaves and servants to work the fields. I

am very wealthy.”

• Farmer

• Enslaved African American

• Woman

• Indentured Servant

• Large Landowner

“I am a blacksmith, where I am skilled at making farm tools. I

work in a small village.”

• Free African American

• Indentured Servant

• Farmer

• Artisan

• Large Landowner

“I work the land and grow crops. I rely heavily on my family

for help. Each member helps out in some way.”

• Indentured Servant

• Artisan

• Farmer

• Free African American

• Woman

“I am able to own land, work for pay, and decide how to

spend money. I am not allowed to vote though. I won’t go

down South.”

• Woman

• Free African American

• Artisan

• Farmer

• Indentured Servant

“I was captured in my native land. I was sold to a plantation

owner and have no rights of my own.”

• Woman

• Free African American

• Large Landowner

• Enslaved African American

• Indentured Servant

Lived predominantly in the South

• Large Landowners
• Farmers
• Merchants
• Artisans

Relied on indentured servants and/or enslaved African Americans for labor.

• Large Landowners
• Farmers
• Merchants
• Artisans

Relied on family members for labor

• Large Landowners
• Merchants
• Farmers
• Indentured Servants