SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
RISE OF THE SLAVE TRADE BLACK HISTORY IN COLONIAL AMERICA
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Detailed explanation-1: -The enslaved people were worked in gangs, made up of both men and women, driven on by the whip of the overseer. They worked for ten to 12 hours a day in the tropical sun, for six days a week.
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.
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: -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-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.