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field hands
Many enslaved people were forced to work on plantations, primarily in industries such as agriculture (cotton, tobacco, rice, sugar cane) and domestic labor. Some also worked in industries such as mining, construction, and manufacturing.
Plantations
Blacks were enslaved and forced to work on the plantations for little or no money.
Enslaved people on plantations were forced to work long hours in harsh conditions, performing various tasks such as planting, cultivating, and harvesting crops like cotton, tobacco, and sugar. They also often worked in domestic roles as cooks, caretakers, and laborers. Additionally, enslaved individuals were commonly subjected to physical and emotional abuse while laboring on plantations.
In 1750, enslaved individuals lived on plantations, in cities, or in households owned by their enslavers. Enslaved people were owned as property and were forced to live and work where their owners directed them.
Yes, black people were enslaved and forced to work on plantations in the United States during the period of chattel slavery. They were considered property and had no freedom or rights of their own.
Many slaves in the South were put to work on plantations before and during the Civil War. Many of these plantations were used to grow tobacco.
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.
Slaves
People work as slave by do work as a white person.
Enslaved Africans were used on Portuguese plantations because of their perceived physical strength, their knowledge of agriculture in their homelands, and the lack of local indigenous populations suitable for enslavement. Africans were forcibly taken from their homes and sold into slavery to work on plantations in the colonies.
Plantation owners turned to enslaved Africans as a labor force due to their need for cheap and abundant labor to work on the large plantations. Enslaved Africans were seen as a profitable and easily controlled source of labor that could be exploited for economic gain. The transatlantic slave trade provided a constant supply of enslaved people to meet the labor demands of the plantations.