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they had to start work by the age of six and they
dont have nice homes and they got whopped when
they did the wrong thing
For every slave their experiences were completely different from others on the plantations. Some were much worse than others, it all depends on how your owners treat you. The slaves lived in slave barracks, some had shackles in them to keeps the slaves from running away but if you were lucky then you would just be given a room and a bed. Most of the time the beds were just made and straw and very uncomfortable. Almost every slave had been beaten, and when the ones that worked in the fields were beaten the owners would simply throw salt on the wounds to help from spreading a disease and then immediately the slaves were sent back to work. If you tried to run away you would most likely be caught, and if you were caught there was severe punishments. The most common one was getting your toes cut off, not so much that you could walk but just enough to get the point across. So overall the plantation life for a slave was terrible and they were treated awful.
The slaves had hard work to do, they had to get up at 4am to bring crops in from the plantations and they only had a 15 minute break. If they were late for work they would have been whipped. They worked very long hours, even the young children had to work long hours as well. The women what are pregnant had to work in till the baby is born. If the slaves didn't work hard enough they would be whipped by the overseer. At the end of the day, the slaves still had to do chores for the slave owner. They also had to prepare there own evening meals. Sometimes they were given pots and pans for cooking, but more often they had to make their own. They followed this routine everyday, apart from Sundays. The slaves also got kept in chains and locked in a shed until they could speak English. The life of a slave would have been awful.
Slaves would live in slave quaters on with really really nice masters in the house but in a small room!
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How did the french profit from the slaves?
they used slaves on Caribbean sugar plantations
What colony used slaves on rice plantations?
South Carolina
What large farms used slaved labor?
Southern plantations used slaves.
What were slaves use for in Virginia?
They were used for farming the tobacco and wheat plantations.
Which group of colonies grew cash crops on plantations and used black slaves for farming?
The group of colonies that grew cash crops on plantations and used black slaves for farming were centralized. These colonies were in the south.
How were slaves used in the new world?
They were used for labor on farms and plantations and doing housework.
What are the codes used in slave songs?
They were used to tell the other slaves how to escape from the plantations.
What did most rich southern planter do with their wealth?
C.They put it back into their plantations and bought slaves.
Where did the slaves used to work?
Slaves used to work on cotton fields or big plantations and some used to work in their masters house as cooks and maids.
Who used West African slaves as the labor force on plantations?
Lebanese
How did french profit from the slave trade?
they used slaves on Caribbean sugar plantations
How did the french profit the slave trade?
they used slaves on Caribbean sugar plantations
