they usually picked cotton, picked corn, planted seeds that their slave master wanted them to plant and if they didn't do this they would get punished. also, they cooked, cleaned and did just about any job the slave masters could think of.
most slaves were controled by plantation owners
In the 1800's, most slaves were owned by plantation owners
Plantation owners were usually the most wealthy people in their area so they did tend to own the most land and slaves
SLAVES
A plantation owner was a person that owned slaves and a farm that the slaves worked on
I don't know but i think the slaves on a plantation sleep in poo!
The rich.. ,, politicians,, and plantation owners formerly
strongest slaves
strongest slaves
they played with the slaves when the were little and as they grew older (if the dad didn't have a son) they would own the slaves and the plantation
There is no way to determine an average of how many slaves died on a plantation due to beatings or otherwise as there are very limited records of slaves births and deaths. Most of them had no record kept.
Being a plantation owner was their profession. Nobody retired to become a plantation owner unless the came across a great deal of money as a plantation cost a lot to include a house and land as well as slaves. Most southerners didn't have slaves.