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Where did most slaves work?

There were types of slaves and this told what job they did. There were house slaves that worked in the plantation house and there were slaves that worked with the crops. Some slave women were nannies to the plantation children and others were cooks as well as did cleaning and laundry. Many of the male slaves worked as blacksmiths, repaired items, and planted/sowed/reaped crops, took care of the animals. ________________________________________________________________________ In the thirteen colonies, the slaves worked in the south like Florida in cotton fields and plantations. Their "masters" did not like to work so they told these slaves to do all the work for them. Soon, most of the slaves became free when they went to Canada with the help of Sir Guy Carleton. They had to hide to avoid being caught on the frontier between Canada and USA.


What are three types of colonies?

Middle Colonies New England Colonies Southern Colonies


What were the three types of English colonies in America and how were they different?

The three types of English Colonies in America were the New England Colonies to the north, the Middle Colonies in the middle, and the Southern Colonies in the south. The New England Colonies were New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. The Middle Colonies were Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. The Southern Colonies were North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Maryland, and Virginia. The New England Colonies didn't need slaves to work mainly because they were mostly merchants. Rhode Island even outlawed slavery in 1652 but joined in on the slave trade to make a profit. In the Middle Colonies needed slaves a little more than New England, but only for Blacksmiths, Merchants, and ect. The Southern Colonies relied nearly completely on slaves to work on large plantations.


How did people make a living in the southern colonies and why?

the major way of making a living in the middle colonies and southern colonies is crops.


What types of resistance did slaves participate in?

underground railroad

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What three types of slave labor might be found on a well established plantation?

what three types of slave labor might be found on a well established plantation


Three types of government in southern Africa?

Governments of Southern African countries


What types of crops were grown on plantation in the southern colonies?

tobacco, indigo, cotton, and sugar beets were popular crops in the souhern colonies.


What were types of work were slaves on US southern plantations trained to perform?

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.


How old where the slaves?

the slaves where all types of agesthe slaves where all types of agesthe slaves where all types of agesthe slaves where all types of ages


What types of work were done by slaves on plantations?

cotton picking, house work(dishes,cleaning laundry etc.) They worked in the stables, fanning their masters and tending to the plantation.


What different types of work were done by slaves on plantations?

cotton picking, house work(dishes,cleaning laundry etc.) They worked in the stables, fanning their masters and tending to the plantation.


What other types of plantations did slaves work on besides sugar plantations?

Domestic SlavesFactory or artisans was the most valuable group of slaves in the work yard. These slaves were in charge of manufacturing of sugar. Some of the jobs included a group of workers who brought the sugar cane to the miss for it to be processed. The head boiler who makes all the judgment in the sugar making process and also controls it. These slaves main job was to plant, maintain the sugar fields and a harvesting the sugar cane. Slaves said and they had the hardest work on the plantation.Specialized Positions Hired Slaves The only difference was that these slaves were hired and paid for they work. The plantation owners did not own these slaves and they only did work that the slaves on the plantation were not skilled enough to accomplish.Henceforth, they are servants, not slaves.


What country did tap come from?

well there are many types of tap but american tap started in the southern united states with the slaves and it was called Juba


Where did most slaves work?

There were types of slaves and this told what job they did. There were house slaves that worked in the plantation house and there were slaves that worked with the crops. Some slave women were nannies to the plantation children and others were cooks as well as did cleaning and laundry. Many of the male slaves worked as blacksmiths, repaired items, and planted/sowed/reaped crops, took care of the animals. ________________________________________________________________________ In the thirteen colonies, the slaves worked in the south like Florida in cotton fields and plantations. Their "masters" did not like to work so they told these slaves to do all the work for them. Soon, most of the slaves became free when they went to Canada with the help of Sir Guy Carleton. They had to hide to avoid being caught on the frontier between Canada and USA.


What are three types of colonies?

Middle Colonies New England Colonies Southern Colonies


What were the three different types of residents in a polis?

The three different types of residents in a polis were citizens (full rights and responsibilities), metics (foreign residents with limited rights), and slaves (lacked freedom and were considered property).