Planation
In the U.S. during the 1800s, plantations were centers of cotton and tobacco production, driven by the labor of enslaved people. Plantation owners wielded terrible power, subjecting slaves to brutal conditions. They worked from sunrise to sunset, received limited clothing and food, and faced severe punishment for failures to meet demands. Knowledge of these conditions is crucial to understanding this dark chapter of American history. Here are five unsettling facts about slave life on plantations.
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Planation In the U.S in the 1800s planation were the places were people plant cotton and tobacco. But in all those planation down south the plantation owners, had slaves working for them. The termite was terrible.. Slaves were whipped if they weren't doing the job right or not fast enough.
Life on the planation Five facts about the slaves life on the planation. 1. Slaves would work from sun up to sun down. 2. Slaves were given about two sets of clothes one for the summer an one for the winter. 3. They only got enough food to keep them alive. 4. Slaves would call the planation owners house the “The big house”. 5. They were beat if they didn’t do there job right.
