LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861
SLAVERY IN AMERICA COTTON SLAVE TRADE AND THE SOUTHERN RESPONSE
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slaves were able to earn money
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slaves worked on plantations
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slaves worked in towns and cities
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slaves worked in stores and inns
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Detailed explanation-1: -The vast majority of enslaved Africans employed in plantation agriculture were field hands. Even on plantations, however, they worked in other capacities. Some were domestics and worked as butlers, waiters, maids, seamstresses, and launderers. Others were assigned as carriage drivers, hostlers, and stable boys.
Detailed explanation-2: -Brookgreen Plantation Georgetown County, S.C. America’s largest slaveholder. In 1850 he held 1, 092 slaves; Ward was the largest slaveholder in the United States before his death in 1853.
Detailed explanation-3: -Slaves had no constitutional rights; they could not testify in court against a white person; they could not leave the plantation without permission. Slaves often found themselves rented out, used as prizes in lotteries, or as wagers in card games and horse races.
Detailed explanation-4: -The First and Second Gang slaves were divided into two groups, with the first group working 12 hours during the day, and the second group then working 12 hours during the night, after which they repeated the cycle. The canes were taken to the mill (which might be powered by wind, by animals or by people.