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There is a bit of misunderstanding here concerning slavery. There were no "city slaves" and any African American in the south was a slave. To leave the plantation they had to have a pass. On the plantation there were different jobs that determined the type of slave they were.
There is a bit of misunderstanding here concerning slavery. There were no "city slaves" and any African American in the south was a slave. To leave the plantation they had to have a pass. On the plantation there were different jobs that determined the type of slave they were.
There is a bit of misunderstanding here concerning slavery. There were no "city slaves" and any African American in the south was a slave. To leave the plantation they had to have a pass. On the plantation there were different jobs that determined the type of slave they were.
Because they were a financial investment. They would say "What am I bid for this healthy young slave?"
farming, slave work
some slave mothers were prostitutes, nannies, house workers and plantation labourers, but mostly filled the occupations the Europeans rejected.
I would think that a slave works on a plantation so it would know what that is.
women could have had a job in the rice field, or could have been assigned to maintain the inside of the plantation owner's house, or taking care of the plantation owners children.
The children of slave woman were slaves who didn't have to be purchased.
What life is like on as a plantation slave ?
Nottaway Plantation in Louisiana