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Slaves were bought by farmers and forced to work for free, whereas farmers were free men, and either owned their own farms, or were paid to work on someone else's farm.
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What did people use before Cyrus McCormick's reaper?
Farmers had slaves to help them but afterwards, when the reaper came in, it made farmers get more slaves
How did the farmers deal with the issue of slavery?
slaves were farmers.
What were farmers without slaves called?
Yeoman farmers
What are the four social classes in Egypt and why?
Pharaoh army scribes farmers/slaves Not everyone could have equal power
Why were wealthy farmers the powerful people in the southern society?
They were more than farmers they owned vast amounts of land and slaves. The growth of cotton after the invention of the cotton gin added more money to the coffers of the wealthy and tobacco was another crop that gave vast wealth. There were poor farmers in the south as well , but the plantation owners controlled the south and held positions of power.
Were there slaves in China?
There were slaves. The rich chinese farmers treated the poor farmers as their slaves in ancient times. African slaves were also bought and sold by Arabs to GuangDong province around the Song Dynasty.
Did yeoman farmers own slaves?
Yeoman farmers didn't own slaves and they made up the largest group of whites in the south.
How were farmers effected by the freedom of slaves?
Farmers who owned slaves suffered after their emancipation because they no longer had free labor to work the farm.
How did slave labor make the southern colonies more profitable?
The southern states had more farms and on the farms worked slaves and the farmers made money off of selling the slaves and the slave's labor.
Did ancient Egyptian slaves grow crops?
The farmers and the slaves worked in the fields
How are slaves differ than farmers or traders?
The slaves were enslaved while the others were not.
Why did rich roman woman have slaves to dress them?
Because they have more power than the slaves, and they're spoiled
