LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861
SLAVERY IN AMERICA COTTON SLAVE TRADE AND THE SOUTHERN RESPONSE
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in the cotton fields in the southern states of the USA
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in tobacco production because of cancer
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in rice growing jobs because of drowning issues
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in the sugar plantations in South America
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Detailed explanation-1: -As a result of this high infant and childhood death rate, the average life expectancy of a slave at birth was just 21 or 22 years, compared to 40 to 43 years for antebellum whites. Compared to whites, relatively few slaves lived into old age.
Detailed explanation-2: -Some estimates placed the average longevity of Blacks at 21.4 years of age in 1850, with the average longevity for Whites at age 25.5. The combination of lower living standards, greater exposure, heavier labor, and poorer medical care gave slaves a higher mortality rate than whites.
Detailed explanation-3: -Their life expectancy was only four to seven years. Unlike other colonies that had slavery, the sugar islands had no African women because the labor was just too tough for them.
Detailed explanation-4: -Sugar work was brutal on the human body. The average lifespan of an enslaved sugar plantation worker was only 7-9 years after arrival in the Americas.