Why Did Crispus Attucks Look Out For A Runaway Slave?
Crispus Attucks
Look out for a runaway slave! He is of American Native and African blend, his knees are particularly close together, has curled hair, and he stands about six feet two inches tall. He is clothed in blue stockings, buckskin pants, and skinned beaver coat. This was how William Brown- a slave owner in Framington, Massachusetts described his runaway slave, Crispus Attucks on October 2, 1750 in an ad in the Boston Gazette. After he ran away from his master, Attucks became a sailor and landed in Boston, in which he made his home.
After the French and Indian War many Bostonian became very upset with British because of the taxations, British quartering, and unemployment (off duty British officers would work for half the pay that Americans did). Numerous scaffolds between British …show more content…
Seasoning is the process that Africans went through before they would be sold. Africans had to be “broke in” before the headed to plantations. This process sometimes took several years and many Africans would be tortured and some even died from it. The seasoning teaching areas were located on the island of Jamaica and other Caribbean island. Iron muzzles and other restraints would be applied to “unruly” Africans. They were divided into three categories: new Africans, creoles, and older Africans. The idea was to train the new Africans to become more like the creole because they were sold at a higher price than new Africans. A seasoned African could endure almost anything and could communicate in a new language. After seasoning, they were hosed down and greased up and given food so they could look more profitable on the auction block. Slaves that had ill health would have to hide and those who suffered from diarrhea had tobacco suffered in their rectum. After they were sold, their master often times gave them different names and sent them off to work in large plantations for the rest of their
Look out for a runaway slave! He is of American Native and African blend, his knees are particularly close together, has curled hair, and he stands about six feet two inches tall. He is clothed in blue stockings, buckskin pants, and skinned beaver coat. This was how William Brown- a slave owner in Framington, Massachusetts described his runaway slave, Crispus Attucks on October 2, 1750 in an ad in the Boston Gazette. After he ran away from his master, Attucks became a sailor and landed in Boston, in which he made his home.
After the French and Indian War many Bostonian became very upset with British because of the taxations, British quartering, and unemployment (off duty British officers would work for half the pay that Americans did). Numerous scaffolds between British …show more content…
Seasoning is the process that Africans went through before they would be sold. Africans had to be “broke in” before the headed to plantations. This process sometimes took several years and many Africans would be tortured and some even died from it. The seasoning teaching areas were located on the island of Jamaica and other Caribbean island. Iron muzzles and other restraints would be applied to “unruly” Africans. They were divided into three categories: new Africans, creoles, and older Africans. The idea was to train the new Africans to become more like the creole because they were sold at a higher price than new Africans. A seasoned African could endure almost anything and could communicate in a new language. After seasoning, they were hosed down and greased up and given food so they could look more profitable on the auction block. Slaves that had ill health would have to hide and those who suffered from diarrhea had tobacco suffered in their rectum. After they were sold, their master often times gave them different names and sent them off to work in large plantations for the rest of their