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What did most enslaved people on plantations work as?

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Where did many enslaved people work?

Many enslaved people were forced to work on plantations, primarily in industries such as agriculture (cotton, tobacco, rice, sugar cane) and domestic labor. Some also worked in industries such as mining, construction, and manufacturing.


Where do enslaved Africans work in the southern colonies?

Plantations


Who was used for labor on the plantations in America?

Blacks were enslaved and forced to work on the plantations for little or no money.


In 1750 where did enslaved live?

In 1750, enslaved individuals lived on plantations, in cities, or in households owned by their enslavers. Enslaved people were owned as property and were forced to live and work where their owners directed them.


Did black people work on plantations?

"Worked" is a generous way to put it. Black were enslavedon plantations.


How did the plantation system contribute to the use of enslaved people?

Many slaves in the South were put to work on plantations before and during the Civil War. Many of these plantations were used to grow tobacco.


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.


Why were enslaved Africans used on Portuguese plantations?

Enslaved Africans were used on Portuguese plantations because of their perceived physical strength, their knowledge of agriculture in their homelands, and the lack of local indigenous populations suitable for enslavement. Africans were forcibly taken from their homes and sold into slavery to work on plantations in the colonies.


Which group represented about half of the population of Florida in the 1830s?

Slaves accounted for about half of Florida's population in the 1830s. The territory’s rapid growth was driven by an increase in plantations, leading to an increase in enslaved individuals brought in to work on them.


Why do you think so many Plantation owners turned to enslaved Africans as a labor force?

Plantation owners turned to enslaved Africans as a labor force due to their need for cheap and abundant labor to work on the large plantations. Enslaved Africans were seen as a profitable and easily controlled source of labor that could be exploited for economic gain. The transatlantic slave trade provided a constant supply of enslaved people to meet the labor demands of the plantations.


How did the economy of the Southern Colonies depend on enslaved Africans?

All work on and concerning the plantations depended on slave labors.