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How much cotton did slaves have to pick by the end of the day?
They had to pick until night time. from dawn to duska normal field hand slave was expected to pick 150-200 pounds of cotton a day
Why is the sea route between Africa and the west indies called the blood passage?
The trade route from Africa to the West Indies is called the 'blood passage' because slaves were picked up in Africa and taken to the West Indies. Slavers used to pick up far too many slaves for their ships to hold and so many died on the journey or were thrown overboard.
Who is Sims in underground to Canada?
Sims is a man working in the Riley Plantation who is in charge of the slaves,to check if they are promoting a good job with their work. The work is based on picking cotton everyday. He is sinister, cruel and overweight. He has no sympathy over Julllilly and Liza. Liza and her crippled dissablility has lead Jullilly to help her with her work. He abuses the slaves by using a whip called cat-o-nine tails which is a whip put together with nine. He has lead the slaves to be malnourished, just enough to live so they can work. Sims is inhumane and is racist over the african colour.
Did slaves have pets?
The answer to this question is no, most slaves did not have the freedom to have pets.
What was Harriet Tubman called by slaves and former slaves?
Moses
How do slaves pick cotton?
Slaves pick cotton by hand.
What did slaves do when they were free?
pick cotton
Why did English pick africans for slaves instead of Indians?
they picked on the a
Did slaves pick cotton in the rain?
are you stupid? they were slaves they where picking cotton during blizzards great grand daughter of a slave
What sort of work did the slaves do in the us?
Pick cotton in the south and clean
Why did the southern colonies have the most slaves?
BEcause thats where the cash crops were. Slaves were needed in the south to work on plantations and pick cotton
Why were slaves needed to pick and grow cotton after the cotton gin was invented?
Slaves were the free labor that the farmers needed to harvest the cotton>
how did slaves use religion to beat slavery?
The slaves used to work on plantations to pick cotton and other economic trades and goods
What did slaves pick on Southern US farms and plantations?
Primarily, cotton and tobacco.
What invention led to an increasein numbers of slaves who worked on plantations?
Because they needed more slaves to pick cotton because the machines that took the seeds out
Why was the growing of cotton linked to slavery?
slaves were used on plantations to grow and pick the cotton
What did slave catchers use to catch slaves?
Bloodhounds were commonly used to pick up the scent of slaves and to track them down. Slave owners somtimes hired mercenaries or Bounty Hunters to retreive slaves.
