2. HOW SLAVES WORKED
They forced slaves to do thing they didn’t want to do such as pick
cotton, work in the fields barefoot. In 1860, there were 4 million
slaves in the US some 60% whom worked in cotton.
3. The enslaved population started to increase with birth of children
born on the plantations. Slave owner determied that the nature of the
enslaved daily working lives. But even though what happened to them
when they were not working. They treated them really bad.
4. The plantation slavery didn’t function simply because of threat or
violence. Slaves were cajoled and persuaded to work. They were given
land on which to cultivate food stuff or rear animals for they own use.
5. In 1830, slaves was located to the south. Africa american were
enslaved on a small farm. Fully 3/4 of Southern whites did not even
own slaves; of those who did, 88% owned twenty or fewer.
6. Though many resented the wealth and power of the large
slaveholders, they aspired to own slaves themselves and to join the
priviledged ranks. In addition, slavery gave the farmers a group of
people to feel superior to. They may have been poor, but they were
not slaves, and they were not black. They gained a sense of power
simply by being white.
