Slavery in Mid-Atlantic Colonies

Questions and Answers

60 percent

30 percent

40 percent (correct)

50 percent

Twenty-one enslaved people were executed (correct)

The authorities were alerted, and the rebellion was stopped before it started

The rebellion was successful, and enslaved people gained freedom

Nine white colonists were killed

They were deported, likely to the West Indies (correct)

They were freed

They were executed

They were imprisoned for life

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Study Notes

Enslaved laborers were employed on larger farms growing cereal grains in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, despite these colonies not developing plantation economies.
Enslaved Africans worked alongside European tenant farmers on New York's Hudson Valley "patroonships", large tracts of land granted to early Dutch families.
Enslaved people were common in Philadelphia, New York City, and other ports, working in maritime trades and domestic service.
By 1700, over 40% of New York City's population was enslaved, and by 1750, 15-20% of Pennsylvania's colonial population was enslaved.

A 1712 slave rebellion in New York City resulted in the deaths of 9 white colonists.
In retribution, 21 enslaved people were executed, 6 died by suicide, and several others were burned alive.
In 1741, authorities uncovered a planned rebellion by enslaved Africans, poor Black men, and poor white men.
The subsequent panic led to the execution of 32 Black men (both enslaved and free) and 5 poor white men, with 70 others deported to the West Indies.