Many freed slaves remained on the farms where they had worked as slaves for several reasons:
Some masters asked (or demanded) that the newly free slaves stay on the master's property, offering a house and wages. However, by the time the master was done charging the freed slaves for rent and supplies, they received no wages and could not afford to move to another place.
Some slaves were not told that they were free.
Many freed slaves did not know how to live as free men and women. They would try it for awhile and then return to their former masters.
Others stayed with their masters because the master had been good to them and continued to treat them well after emancipation.
plantation
slave farm a.k.a plantation
Yes, slaves were forced to work against their will. They were considered property and had no rights or freedom to refuse the work assigned to them by their owners. Failure to comply often resulted in punishment or even death.
The northern colonies had fewer slaves than the southern colonies mainly because their economy did not rely heavily on slave labor for large-scale agriculture like the southern colonies did. The northern colonies also had different industries such as shipping, trade, and manufacturing that did not require as much slave labor. Additionally, the cold climate and rocky terrain in the North were less conducive to large plantations that required a significant number of slaves.
The Southern colonies of the 13 American colonies were suited to large plantations that yielded cotton and tobacco. Both products were in high demand in Europe. Economy of scale created the most efficient way grow and harvest these crops. From the 1600's onward, slave traders provided the manpower required to field the plantations. They were inexpensive compared to paid American laborers, thus the demand was strong for imported slaves. The Portuguese and earlier, the Dutch dominated the slave triangle. Ships would leave Europe for West Africa with enough sought after products that could be used to buy slaves. These ships, then headed to the Western Hemisphere where the slaves were sold. In return these ships would be laden with colonial goods and farm products and sail back to Europe.
Many freed slaves remained on the farms where they had worked as slaves for several reasons: Some masters asked (or demanded) that the newly free slaves stay on the master's property, offering a house and wages. However, by the time the master was done charging the freed slaves for rent and supplies, they received no wages and could not afford to move to another place. Some slaves were not told that they were free. Many freed slaves did not know how to live as free men and women. They would try it for awhile and then return to their former masters. Others stayed with their masters because the master had been good to them and continued to treat them well after emancipation.
The freed slaves.
A plantation owner was a person that owned slaves and a farm that the slaves worked on
plantation
Tobacco farms were worked by slaves until the end of the US Civil War.
Well a small farm was usually run by an freed Indentured Servant and a Plantation was a huge tobacco farm. Many slaves worked on the farm and the owner was white, a male and had a say in the government. The main difference is really that a small farm is poor and a plantation is rich.
His parents Robert and Zerelda owned 6-7 slaves from 1850-60. The slaves worked their Clay County farm.
"All that year the animals worked like slaves" p. 73
Slaves who worked in farming estates were farm slaves. The Romans had many farm slaves. In antiquity slaves were war captives. They were civilians who were captured and enslaved when a town or a land was defeated as part of the spoils of war. The majority of Roman slaves worked on the large farming estates. In other historical periods and part of the world slaves were (and is some areas still are) captured in slave raids.
Yes they did farm because roman slaves worked in the field all day long harvesting grain and collecting the food from the plants .:):):):):)
A plantation is a farm, which produced agricultural products. It was worked by a slave labor force. It is the place where the slaves slept and ate since the plantation was also their home.
After being freed, many slaves faced challenges such as lack of resources and discrimination. Some moved to cities in search of work, while others stayed in rural areas to farm or build communities. Some also formed all-black towns to establish their own societies and businesses.