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Why were slaves tortured and made to wear contraptions?
How many times did slaves get whipped?Why did slaves use whips?Why did slaves wear iron muzzles?What did slaves do to get punished?What did slaves ea...
What did plantation people do?
Typically, the focus of a farm was subsistence agriculture. In contrast, the primary focus of a plantation was the production of cash crops, with enou...
Why was it illegal to teach slaves?
Fearing that black literacy would prove a threat to the slave system -- which relied on slaves' dependence on masters -- whites in many colonies insti...
What did the woman do on plantations?
Girls worked on estates from the early age of four. Occupations for girls between the ages of 12 and 19 varied from field work and stock work, to dome...
What was on a slavery plantation?
Housing on the plantation On the plantations, enslaved people lived in small cottages with thatched roofs. The cottages often had earthen floors and w...