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When slavery was still legal in the US, plantation owners considered slaves to be pieces of property. This meant that slave families could be bought, sold, and subjected to all kinds of horrible treatment.
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What did southern planters believe would weaken the system of slavery?
Southern planters believed that if slaves learned to read, it would weaken the system of slavery.
Why did planters want poor whites to believe in slavery?
So that the poor whites could have slaves get thangs for them
Who were true of southern planters except that they?
There were many things true about Southern planters. Southern farmers often owned slaves, worked large plantations, and harvested crops like tobacco, cotton, and sugar.
Did southern planters want war in 1812?
yes they did because if they wanted slaves they would need to have them to farm for them so they went to war
What ways did the slave planters kept the slaves occupied during the dull season?
i want to find out what the slaves did during the dull or off sesson
Southern planters considered their slaves to be?
A) children who required constant supervsion
What did the planters kids do on the plantation?
they slept with the slaves and had babies.
Descendants of European planters and African slaves are called what?
Descendants of European planters and African slaves are often referred to as Creoles in some regions such as the Caribbean and Louisiana.
How did planters kept slaves occupied during the dull period?
planters kept the occupied by giving them domestic works
How did the planters in the spanish West Indies treat their slaves?
Crappy.
What did the white planters in the South sometimes oppose Baptist preaching?
Many slaves were Baptists, and a lot of Baptist preachers spoke out against slavery. The white planters needed those slaves to work for them, so often times the planters were opposed to Baptist preaching.
Some planters treated their slaves well because?
they understood that their financial success depended on the survival of the slaves.
Many planters took care of their slaves' most basic needs because?
slaves were valuable property
Did planters support slavery?
Yes planters supported slavery. They did so because slaves were free labor and they needed them to work the fields.
Why did white planters want slaves from different regions?
to prevent rebellions
What was the agreement between planters and newly freed slaves?
Contract System
How did southern planters think of their slaves?
Children who required constant supervision
