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Why did people need slaves?
They needed slaves to work on the big plantations.
Who work on plantations?
The People who worked on plantations back then were slaves that were taken away from their families.
Who worked on southern plantations?
The field work on Southern plantations was done almost exclusively by slaves. These plantations often consisted of cotton, rice, indigo, and tobacco and were very labor intensive.
How did slaves get started?
People needed more people to work on the plantations.
Who were the people who helped slaves escape from the plantations?
Harriet Tubman
Why were slaves need in the colonies?
They were needed for large plantations, and to make food and things like that.
On southern plantations these people raised and processed the crops?
african slaves
What group of people were doing the most work on the southern plantations?
Slaves
What ways were people on southern plantations separated into different groups?
Slaves
What did most rich southern planter do with their wealth?
C.They put it back into their plantations and bought slaves.
How did slaves contribute similarly in public life as they did in plantations?
Slaves had no public life. To leave the plantation they had to have a pass. Slavery is people owning people therefore slaves have no rights.
Why do you think some people didn't want the slaves to be free?
Back then, slaves were vital in the southern economy. In order to harvest the massive plantations they had, slaves were the most efficient way. They worked for free! Plus, many people didn't think that slaves were people nor should they have rights. If slavery became illegal, they would need to get regular jobs for pay like all other people do. Freeing the slaves would also cause big issues for landowners. Not everybody could afford to hire help on their plantations.
