QUESTION THREE In order to fully understand and analyze a period of time, a full examination of people’s everyday life is quite necessary. Although inferior to men, the roles and status of women in eighteenth century colonial America, contributed to the prospering society. The role of the family and extended kinship ties in the lives of African Americans is seen as a unifying and supporting force in times of suffering. The role and status …showed first 75 words of 658 total…

…showed last 75 words of 658 total…sense of hope to these people. “Among colonial blacks, the extended family served a more important function than it did among whites.” Colonial life can be described as a harsh reality that African Americans had to live through, searching for any source of hope and comfort, while women also took on large responsibilities for nothing in return. It was clearly a time period that favored the common white man, seeking new opportunities in colonial America.