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They grew crops and worked in houses.
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What were the worst jobs of slaves?
Working the cotton fields. Playing servant to the "White Man".
What kind of jobs did the slaves have?
Many of them worked in the fields. There were also some of them that worked in the homes of the slave owners.
What jobs were slaves given?
maids cooks babysitters farmers blacksmith
Why were many slaves needed in tobacco plantations?
A typical tobacco plantation would use 100 slaves to work the fields. The south had over 2,320,000 slaves that was over 47 percent of its total population.
What jobs did slaves have to do in colonial Maryland?
Some worked as house servants, others worked the fields, doing many types of agricultural labor.
What type of jobs did slaves living in new England do?
All through history, the jobs done by slaves remained roughly the same; so then as in New England, about 80% were imployed working in the fields, 10-15% were household slaves and the remaining 5% could develop themselves into artisans, bookkeepers, supervisors and other jobs that came with special skills or talent.
What roles did slaves play in Athens?
Slavery played a huge role in ancient Athens. Slaves did most jobs, from working in the fields to building and mining. Slaves even made up most of Athens' police force. Slaves were not generally mistreated though, and even had some rights by law.
What jobs did field slaves do?
rim jobs
What did slaves do as jobs in 1840?
slaves had jobs like gardening, cooking, construction, animal tending
Did ancient Egyptian slaves grow crops?
The farmers and the slaves worked in the fields
What were slave's jobs?
Slave's in the early period of the United States worked in the plantations at various jobs. Most men worked out in the fields and the women worked inside, cooking and cleaning. In ancient Egypt, it is thought that slaves built the pyramids.
What did slaves do becide planting?
pull cotton out of the fields
