Before the end of the US Civil War, slaves in the US Southern States worked primarily on large plantations. The so-called American South was basically an agriculturally based society. Due to economy of size, the most efficent plantations were large and produced among other products cotton and tobacco. Slaves were trained to do perform many of the jobs listed below:
1. Field workers to sow and harvest the crops of the plantation;
2. Perform work related to the livestock on the plantation; and
3. Perform domestic duties for the households of their owners.
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.
C.They put it back into their plantations and bought slaves.
House slaves looked after the owners house and family on Southern plantations. House slaves were selected from the most well-behaved of the field slaves. House slaves cooked the meals, cleaned the house, did the laundry, and looked after the children.
Primarily, cotton and tobacco.
Southern because the Southern had more land and needed more work done on the plantations.
They supervised the work of slaves. If slaves did not follow orders, they also punished the slaves.
southern plantations
SLAVES
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.
To work the plantations
They needed slaves to work on their plantations.
C.They put it back into their plantations and bought slaves.
african slaves
Slaves
Slaves
House slaves looked after the owners house and family on Southern plantations. House slaves were selected from the most well-behaved of the field slaves. House slaves cooked the meals, cleaned the house, did the laundry, and looked after the children.
Laborers