SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
RISE OF THE SLAVE TRADE BLACK HISTORY IN COLONIAL AMERICA
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18 hours
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8 hours
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12 hours
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24 hours
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Detailed explanation-1: -It was a life of endless labour for the slaves. They worked up to 18 hours a day, sometimes longer during busy periods such as harvest. There were no rest days. Most slaves were taken to the sugar plantations.
Detailed explanation-2: -On a typical plantation, slaves worked ten or more hours a day, “from day clean to first dark, ” six days a week, with only the Sabbath off. At planting or harvesting time, planters required slaves to stay in the fields 15 or 16 hours a day.
Detailed explanation-3: -During the winter, slaves toiled for around eight hours each day, while in the summer the workday might have been as long as fourteen hours.
Detailed explanation-4: -Sixteen to eighteen hours of work was the norm on most West Indian plantations, and during the season of sugarcane harvest, most slaves only got four hours of sleep.
Detailed explanation-5: -Slaves worked from dawn to well after dark from Monday through Saturday. Sundays were the only day they had to rest during the week. The only holidays that were usually free of work were Christmas and the Fourth of July.