Study notes
Today I modelled how to extract (get) the BIG IDEAS out of readings to help you prepare for tests.
Black Presence in the New World
Mathieu Da Costa 1605
- translator (in between from Mic Mac to French)
Olivier Le Jeune 1628
- youngest slave
- Madagascar, second know black person in the New World
Marie Joseph Angelique – 1734
- she ran away, burned Montreal by accident when fleeing
- punished by hanging and burning
George Bonga – 1800s
- joined the North West Company (fur trade) in 1803
- most famous voyageur
- known for strength and size
Big idea
History of slavery in Canada’s part of the New World
- habitants of New France needed / wanted help for domestic duties (eg. Sewing, cooking etc.) and military (protect the Fortress of Louisbourg)
- first used First Nations, but native people knew environment, could run away and hide and were said to "fight back", decided to import African slaves
new vocabulary
voyageur – travelled and adventured for the fur trade
extradite –
abolitionist-
fugitive-
militia-
