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There were slave quarters and they varied from fairly good to barely live able. Historians have dug up the slave quarters on Jefferson's plantation and found broken china cups and plates, so this tells us that they were treated fairly well . Often the slave quarters were single room houses with dirt floors. They often burned down because the chimney caught the house on fire, so to prevent that the chimney was designed to be pulled down away from the house when it caught fire from embers . The historians have found nails in patterns from the chimneys. Read To Be A Slave for the words and experiences of real slaves. In the 1930's a group documented the experiences of former slaves before they all died to get their stories.
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Who worked on southern plantations?
The field work on Southern plantations was done almost exclusively by slaves. These plantations often consisted of cotton, rice, indigo, and tobacco and were very labor intensive.
Where did the first slaves in the English colonies work on plantations?
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What did most rich southern planter do with their wealth?
C.They put it back into their plantations and bought slaves.
Why was slave labor so important in the plantations?
Slave masters had big farms and plantations of Sugar, Cotton, Tobbaco and many more, on which they wanted people to work. Not only that but they also wanted to maximize on the profits that came out of these plantations. The only way to do this was to obtain cheap labor from somewhere and that was from the slaves. They did have to pay much to the slaves, they didn't have to feed them, they didn't have to look after their medical needs or family. All these costs withheld, there was a bit more money in the pockets of the slave masters.
When were black people slaves?
Black slavery in America began in 1619, when the first African slaves were brought to Jamestown, Virginia to work on plantations of tobacco.
Why do people need slaves for plantations?
Slaves provided a cheap and abundant work force to do all the work on the plantation .
Who work in plantations?
slaves
What is the name of the farm where slaves were forced to work in the south?
They were called plantations
Why did people need slaves?
They needed slaves to work on the big plantations.
Who work on plantations?
The People who worked on plantations back then were slaves that were taken away from their families.
Why did southern states have biggest population of slaves?
They needed slaves to work on their plantations.
What is the names for farms slaves were likely to work on where were they located?
Slaves worked on plantations
Who was a person who was forced to work on plantations?
Um Slaves
Why did Southern States wanted slaves?
To work the plantations
What is the name for farm slaves were likely to work on?
Plantations
Where did many slaves work in the south?
Many slaves in the south worked on large plantations
Why did European traders want slaves from west Africa?
They needed slaves to work on plantations
