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Slaves and Work: Slaves worked much of southern cities. They worked in harsh conditions. There were slaveholders who demanded that slaves worked non-stop until told to do so.There were many areas in which they worked in. One of the areas would be about how there were slaves working in the fields or on plantation sites. Slaves from all ages worked in the fields. There were children barely over the age of 10 already picking cotton and other agriculture products. Their working conditions were intolerable but they couldn't do anything about it. For example, slaves worked through sickness and insufferable weather. Slaves have also worked for long periods of time, sometimes without receiving a lunch break. There were times when slaves would work in such horrible conditions, that by the end of the day, slaves had cuts and opened cracks on their hand. They would end the day trying to nurture their wounds and injuries. This cycle repeated every single day for saves. Some slaves also worked in their owner's household, for 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. Slaves would work as butlers, cooks, or nurses. The slaves who worked in the households often had a better lifestyle then those who worked on plantation sites. Some enslaved African American slaves, who were lucky enough, were able to work at skilled jobs. They were lucky enough because they were able to save a sufficient amount of money to buy their freedom from their slaveholders. Some worked in blacksmithing or carpentry. There were few planters that allowed slaves to sell their work. Those slaves were able to save up money, allowing them to buy their freedom.
Life Under Slavery: Enslaved African Americans were often viewed as objects or property instead of a human being. Slaves were often bought and sold to make a profit. In the mid 1800's, a common method for selling slaves would be to sell them at a auction. Slaves often viewed auctions as the last moment to say goodbye to their loved ones. The auctions would determine if families would stay together or be separated. If families were separated there was little hope for them to reunite once again. There were times when slave traders would even kidnap free African Americans to ell them into slavery to make more money. For example, Solomon Northup was kidnapped and brought into the slave system. It was not until twelve years later as a slave, when he had proven his identity and was released. Enslaved people were exposed to horrendous living conditions. They were often housed in dirt-floor cabins with leaky roofs. They had few, close to none, furnishings. Slaves were given simple, cheap, and coarse fabric to wear. Some slaves tried to express their individuality by personalizing their clothing. They did this by sewing on designs from scraps of cloths. Many slaves were given minuscule food rations and often did what they could to survive. Some were able to have gardens and chickens. They also survived by eating fish and berries, trying to change or mix up their diet when they could. Slaveholders would punish a slave, who was disobedient, in front of others as a warning to all other slaves what would come to them if they followed the same actions. Many states had passed slave codes (also known as slave laws) to prohibit slave actions. Some slave codes included prohibiting slaves from traveling, learning how to read, and learning how to write. They also whipped and finned those who would help slaves.
Slave Culture: Many enslaved Africans took time after long days at work to spend time with their community and culture. Many slaves feared separation of their family more than they feared punishment. Family was most important for the slave community. To keep their heritage alive, many enslaved parents passed down family histories, customs, and traditions. Folktales were also told to explain lessons about how to survive through slavery. Folktales were able to reassure slaves that they could survive through the most powerful slaveholders. Religion played an important role in slave culture. Many slaves were Christians and believed that they were God's chosen people. They had faith that one day they would live in freedom. There were slaves who sang spirituals to express their beliefs. Slaves worshiped their religion in secret, out of site from slaveholders. Many slaves often did small things to symbolize rebellion. For example, they maintain their own beliefs, worked slower in the fields, or they ran away for short periods of time. If slaves were discovered trying to escape permanently, they were captured and sent back to their slaveholders. Then, the life of the slaves were left in the hands of the slaveholder. Slaves were either severely punished, or the faced a death penalty.
Slave Uprisings: It was a rare sight to see violent revolts and rebellions from slaves. Even though they were rare, white southerners were still in fear of them. Between the years of 1800 and 1822, two planned rebellions were prevented before they began. One was planned by Gabriel Prosser near Richmond, Virginia. The second revolt was planned by Denmark Vesey in Charleston, South Carolina. Authorities local to those locations had executed most of those involved in the rebellion. Although the leaders of the revolt were executed, they were seen as heroes to those against slavery. In the year 1831, was when the most violent slave revolt in the country took place. The event was known as the Nat Turner's Rebellion. The rebellion was led by a slave from Southampton County, Virginia, that goes by the name Nat Turner. He believed that he was sent a message from god, to be the one to end slavery. Turner had led a group of slaves, during the night of August, to kill all slaveholders and their families in their area. The group had first attacked and killed the family that held Turner captive as a slave. Then they had killed about sixty more white people in their area. In attempt to end the rebellion, authorities had killed about 100 innocent slaves. After six weeks of leading authorities on a chase around the country side, he was caught and brought in for trial. He was than executed on November 11, 1831. The rebellion resulted in states to place new, stronger, and stricter slave codes. Regardless of the resistance, slavery had proceeded to disperse.

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Slaves & Work

Slaves, as young as 10, worked day in and day out with only minutes for rest. Children were held to the same standards as any other adult. Slaves were supervised by Drivers(who were also sometimes slaves themselves) who made sure they worked rigorously and efficiently. The drivers also carried out punishments such as being beaten or whipped in front of others, sometimes even as an example to warn others. But not all slaves worked on plantation, some slaves worked as butlers, maids, and as cooks. Slaves that were skilled artisans were often have their services sold by their owner to other people. These slaves were sometimes allowed to keep some of their earning. Eventually, they could make enough money to buy their freedom from their slave owners.

Life Under Slavery

Family bonds were almost never kept in the life of a slave. Slaves would usually be sold at auctions for profit where families were torn apart because a person may be willing to buy one slave but not that slave's family. Once they were bought they would have a living quarter that would house 8 - 12 slaves and would be 10ft x 10ft at maximum. They were given worn out clothing, no footwear, and schedule to work with that including long hours of work and short time for rest. Some planters would offer better conditions in exchange for harder work while others resulted to punishments for encouragement. Laws called "slave codes" were used to limit slaves and their rights for example, in some states punishments were given those who taught slaves literacy.

Slave Culture

Slaves had found hope in their community and culture through the hardships of being a slave. Slaves relied on the comfort of family as the most important aspect of
their lives. They passed down their heritage through folktales to teach others how to slavery. Most slaves were Christian and compared themselves to the slaves in
the old testament. They sang spirituals, which were Christian songs that involved African and European music, to express their beliefs. Maintaining their beliefs
was against the wishes of the owner themselves because this was used to rebel against planters having full control over slaves. Slaves who courageous enough to
escape angry slave owners to visit or permanently escape to the north. These acts would eventually lead to uprisings that leave the land around them scarred.

Slave Uprisings

Many revolts were conjured but few ever came to see the light of day. Conspiracy leaders like Gabriel Prosser and Denmark Vesey were executed before their plans could be fulfilled. Although, one of those exceptions was Nat Turner who led the most vicious slave rebellion in 1831, believing God sent him on a mission to abolish slavery. Him and a group of other slaves would kill about 60 white people on a rampage. In this time, more than 100 innocent slaves would be murdered in an attempt to stop the riot. Turner's plan for equality would backfire as after a 2-month long chase he was caught and hanged, and new slave codes would clench tighter on the necks of the slaves.

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Slaves and Work:
Most enslaved African Americans worked on farms and plantations. The slaves were usually assigned to specific jobs at the plantations, and were encouraged to work as much as possible. Slaves worked as many hours as possible, from sunup to sundown. Some skilled slaves were able to buy their freedom sometimes.

Life Under Slavery:
Slaves were generally viewed as property and not as human beings. Slave holders made profit by selling slaves at auctions. Slave families were usually separated at auctions, making it impossible to see each other again, since slave  holders wanted slaves to fill an specific job. To encourage slaves to do more work, some farmers gave them rewards, such as food, while other farmers punished the slaves. Slave codes were also passed to control a slave's actions further.

Slave culture:
To deal with the hardships of being a slave, slaves would find comfort in their community.  Slaves would tell folktales to their kids in order to pass down their traditions. Religion was also a very important aspect of slaves's lives.

Slave Uprisings:
White people in the South were afraid of slave revolts. There were many other rebellions but the most violent one was Nat Turner's Rebellion. Sixty white people were killed during Nat Turner's Rebellion in 1831. Turner was chased for weeks until he was captured and brought to trial. Turner believed that his death was worth it in the end. After all this was over, stricter slave codes were passed.

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Slaves & work:

Slaves in the South were mostly required to work on farms and plantations, due to the fact that they lived in rural areas. These enslaved men were given a variety of jobs depending on the size of the plantations. The Gang Labor system  was being used  among plantation owners, requiring for large sizes of field hands to work at the same given time period . Majority of the time when these slaves were working for an intolerable amount of hours, they  were not given the opportunity to have a break for lunch( as stated by former slave Harry Mcmillan ). There were slaves that were not required to work on the large plantations, or to be on the fields, some worked as Butlers , cooks, or as nurses in the owners household , even thou there were times were this slaves were required to work 24/7, the clothing , food , care, and shelter that was given to them was better compared to the enslaved men that were required to work on plantations. Some enslaved men were given the opportunity to buy their freedom , from the payment that their owners provided to them.-by Daniela

Life Under Slavery:

At this time period slaveholders had a deplorable view towards their slaves , seeing them as some sort of property rather than as human beings. These slaves were mostly
sold at an auction, in order for slaveholders to make profit out of them  . Whether these slave families would remain together depended on the buyer, if the buyer was only willing to pay for the slave that was capable to do the work( heavy laborer, carpenter, or blacksmith), then the family would be obligated to be turned apart. Slave Traders in order to obtain money not mattering the costs ,would even go to the depths of kidnaping African Americans, and them be selling them to slavery, some of this African Americans would protest against it showing to these slave traders the contract, or birth certificate demonstrating that they were actually free citizens, but these individuals just wouldnt listen to them (a great example of this could be Solomon Northtop, a free African American, that was kidnaped in Washington DC, were he spend 12 years as a slave until he finally was able to prove his identity).On top of all the unjustified excessive  work that this enslaved families had to go thru, their living conditions werent exactly the best. Planters housed them in dirty floor cabins with few furnishing, and leaky roofs. The clothing that they wore was mostly created by them from discared scrap material,  and their diet was mostly based on the food that they had in the gardens(vegetables, and chicken for the eggs), thanks to the fact that there were some slave owners that allowed for slaves to cultivate their food source, or to feed themselves from what they possessed on their gardens. There were laws created to obtain (the slave owners) further control towards the slaves(slave code), controlling their actions and prohibiting them their right for education .All this was done because the slave holders feared that if the slaves earned enough knowledge, they would be encouraged to create a rebellion.
-by Daniela

Slave Culture:

Slaves found comfort in their community and culture. One way of coping with the torture that they were put through was social activity. Slaves made a priority to find time and energy to socialize, even after a long days work. Family was everything to most slaves, at a young age most African American children were separated from their families. Salves kept heritage alive by telling folk tales to teach lessons. Most enslaved African Americans turned to religion as well. They saw them selves like Hebrew slaves in Egypt. Most got religion from the slaveholders. Slaves worshiped in secret as they were not "allowed" religion. Salves saw culture and religion to be the one thing that their slaveholders could not control. Slaves would rebel against the slave system everyday. Gaining freedom was key and all precautions were taken to ensure that one day slaves would be free.-by Ariana

Slave Uprising:

Slave revolts rarely occurred , but even thou  this was the case, white southeners still lived in a great fear. Two  slave rebellions were miraculously  prevented were between the years 1800-1822, the first one was created by Gabriel Prosser, near Richmond, Virginia. The second one was by Denmark Vesey, in Charleston, South Carolina. Most of the individuals that would result on planning or starting these rebellions would be executed, but in the eyes of the enslaved people they were seen as heroes. But in the year of 1831 the most violent slave revolt  was held, all by Nat Turner(a slave from Southampton Country, Virginia)  and the fellow slaves that were with him .Were by the night of August ,1831, he had already taken care of 60 white man, and those innocent slaves that were doing an attempt of stopping this revolt resulted being killed, with at outcome of more than a 100 of them. This act resulted on the states re-enforcing the Slave Codes, placing an stricter control towards enslaved citizens.-by Daniela

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Slaves and Work:
Most enslaved African Americans often worked on farms and plantations. Plantation slave workers labored from sunup to sundown. The Gang System, used by many planters, allowed all field slaves to work on the same task at the same time in order to accomplish more. African Americans of all ages worked in plantation doing the same task, despite the harsh working conditions. A selected few,  worked as servants and butlers in planter's homes, where food, clothing, and shelter was often better, but hours of work were longer. Others not confined to fieldwork worked skilled jobs, such as carpentry and blacksmithing. In doing so, some were able to purchase their freedom.

Life Under Slavery:
Slaves were generally treated as property, therefore it was not uncommon for them to be occasionally auctioned for a profit.
Buyers often bought certain slaves for a specific task which led to the separation of many slave families.Occasionally for these auctions free African Americans were captured and sold into slavery by slave traders. Enslaved African Americans lived in extremely poor conditions, slave housings were primarily simple cheap dirt floor cabinets which held few furnishings. Slaves attempted to brighten there living by sewing patterns to express themselves and decorate there housing. Few slaveholders offered better food and living conditions to encourage slave obedience, however a majority of southern slave owners used brutal punishments passed by southern states called slave codes. Some laws passed further controlled slave actions such as prohibiting slaves from being educated.

Slave Culture:

Many enslaved African Americans suffered many challenges throughout their daily lives, due to slavery. However, in order to relieve themselves from the hardships of their lives, they luckily found comfort within their community and culture. Family, as a matter of fact, was the most important part of their community. Family was so important that slaves were even more frightened of being seperated from their families than the punishment in slavery. Unfortunately, one slave named Josiah Herison had to go through the experience of being seperated from his family, after he and his family were auctioned off and seperated. Meanwhile, those families that were not seperated, tryed to keep their heritage alive by passing down their family histories along with their African customs and traditions.They even told folktales, to educate others on how to survive under slavery. The practice of telling folktales even showed slaves that they could survive slavery by tricking  powerful slaveholders. In addition, within the slave culture, religion was a very important aspect to slaves . Many slaves of the early 1800s were mainly Christians, who believed that they were God's chosen people. Their religion was mixed with parts of the traditional African religion  with those of the Christian religion. In order to demonstrate the beliefs of ther religion, slaves sang spirituals. However, in order to express their religious beliefs and worship, slaves had to hide and keep out of sight from slaveholders. By continuing to practice and express their religion, this was the only way slaves could reisist slaveholders attempts to control them completely.

Slave Uprising;
During slavery, the possibility of a violent slave revolt from occurring was very low, yet white southerners still feared this of happening.  In addition, although possibility of violent slave revolts was very rare, slaves still managed to rebel, however, they rebelled in smaller ways. For instance, some slaves often worked at a slower pace, ran away for a short amount of time , and some even attempted at escaping slavery permanently, but often returned back after having visited their relatives. For the most part, escaping slavery was really difficult , due to the punishment that would result, if captured. Yet many still managed to escape slavery and gain their freedom. For those rebellions that were planned , they were often put to a stop before leading up to violent revolts  For example, two planned rebellions, one lead by Gabriel Prosser in 1800, and another by Denmark Vessey in 1822, were put to an end before leading up to a violent slave revolt. As a result, both Gabriel Prosser and Denmark Vessey were executed for their rebellious actions. Unfortunately , there did come a time, in which the most violent slave revolt in the country occurred. This slave revolt , in 1831, was known as Nat Turner's Rebellion. This tragic event occurred after a man named Nat Turner, led a group of enslaved African Americans in an effort to kill all slaveholders and their families, in the country, after having claimed that God had told him to end slavery. This rebellion resulted in the killing of Nat Turner's family, who held him as a slave, along with 60 white southerners, and 100 innocent slaves. Nat Turner was eventually captured after many attempts of hiding from authorities, in caves and in the woods. In the end, Nat Turner was eventually executed, after having confessed on trial that his life was worth being taken due to his rebellious actions, and slave codes were strengthened, leading  to a stricter control over slaves.  Despite the resistance that slaves had, slavery continued to spread.

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Slaves and Work:The slave system in the South produced harsh conditions. As the majority of the enslaved African Americans lived in rural areas and worked on farms and plantations. Each slave had a specific task to complete, however if the requirements are not accomplished by the end of the day, they received punishment.

Life Under Slavery: As the south continued to grow the demand for slaves increased, due to the economy depending on the works of slaves. Slaves were viewed as property, being sold off in order to make profit for the slaveholders. As their being auctioned there are specific features that the buyer(slaveholder) looks for in a slave, in order to determine if they have the qualities of being an acceptable slave.

Slave Culture: Since slaves were only required to work; they were not eligible enough to read and write. However in order to pass down their traditions and culture, they told folktales, which taught the younger slaves how to survive. In addition, in order to express their beliefs, slaves sang spirituals such as 'The Heavenly Road'. Identical to the slaveholders, the slaves were Christians as well but combined some parts of their African religion.

Slave Uprisings: Due to the harsh conditions the slaves had to endure, it produced the most violent rebellion in the country, the Nat Turner Rebellion. Killing more than 100 slaves who were not involved with the rebellion. As well as killing a mixture of 60 slaveholders including their families. Taking the authorities a few weeks in order to capture Nat Turner and his alliances in this revolt.

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Slaves and Work:
Slaves during the early 1790's had to endure excruciating work hours in order to survive. During the long hours of work men, women, and even children harvested crops,their owners had grown.. A small portion of enslaved African Americans worked in households as cooks, butlers, and nurses. These slaves were considered the 'fortunate ones' (although they had to work longer hours) receiving better clothes, food , and shelter.Slaveholders with larger plantations had slaves working in skilled jobs such as carpentry, blacksmiths, and some sold their services to others. Slave owners received part of what the slaves had earned but let them keep the rest. This resulted the buying of freedom of many slaves.
life under slavery:
To slaveholders, slaves were viewed as property not people. The most common method to sell slaves was through auctions; during auctions many slave families were separated and had little hope to ever see each other again. Many free slaves were kidnapped and sold into slavery. Enslaved Africans had to endure poor living conditions; they lived in torn down cabins with little to no space. Some slaveholders allowed their slaves to have a garden or to keep chickens, which improved slaves food rations. Most slave holders used punishment to encourage obedience; many states even passed slave code (laws limiting the actions of slaves). Slave codes prohibited slaves from having many rights such as education and traveling, anyone found teaching a slave was severely punished.
Slave Culture:
Family became a key importance in the lives of slaves. In every slave auction enslaved African Americans were terrified of separation, knowing they would most likely never see each other again. In order to maintain their heritage many African American parents told their children of their past histories.They spoke of African customs, traditions, and folktales, in order to teach their kids valuable life lessons. Religion became another key aspect in the lives of slaves, a large amount of slaves had become Christians in order to keep the hope of one day becoming free.The slaves sung spirituals and intertwined traditional African traditions as well as the slaveholders Christianity. The enslaved African religious beliefs were one of the various ways, men, women, and children resisted slaveholders.
Slave Uprisings:
Slave rebellions were rare at the time , but the white southerners feared them. Many rebellions were planned but before anything occurred they were stopped. Nat Turner's Rebellion was the most violent slave revolt in 1831. Nat Turner, an African American and leader of the rebellion believed that God gave him the important task to end slavery. Turner's plan was to kill all of the slaveholders and their families in the country. Soon 60 white people in the community were killed. In attempt to end the rebellion more than 100 innocent slaves were killed.Turner led authorities on a chase after him before his capture. After the rebellion slave codes strengthened, new stricter codes were placed and slavery spread despite resistance.

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Slaves and Work: Slaves were black people who were stripped of their rights and forced to work for white people. Often, they were sold and bought in auctions. After they were bought, they were put to work in fields, in homes as butlers, and some even worked skilled jobs. The conditions slaves worked in were often brutal- an example being whips and beatings being used by punishments. Although slaves who worked skilled jobs could buy their freedom, most didn't. Most weren't lucky enough to work skilled jobs and buy their freedom. Often, slaves worked their  entire lives in perilous conditions.
Life Under Slavery: Due to the harsh fact that the buying and selling of slaves was legal, slaveholders viewed slaves as property. Often, free slaves were also taken and sold into work. Once bought, they were put to do any specific jobs and were given little to no food. Some slaveholders  offered better food or living conditions that sustained the slaves, but other slaveholders punished the slaves with the use of slave codes- laws that limited the slaves rights, put into place in order to make sure there is no uprising.
Slave Culture: Enslaved African Americans used folktales and religion to pass history down to their children. Since many slaves feared their family's would be separated, folktales were taught in attempt to teach slave children how to survive slavery on their own. Also, as a result of many slaves becoming Christians in the 1800's, free African Americans saw themselves as "the chosen ones" to free and end slavery. The African American slaves related the story of the enslaved Hebrews in Egypt to the enslaved African Americans in the U.S. In order to express feelings, some slaves also sang spirituals.
Slave Uprising: Although violent slave revolts rarely occurred , white southerns were petrified by the thought of one happening. A slave by the name of Nat Turner led the most violent slave revolt in the U.S. on an August night in 1831. Nat Turner's Rebellion killed about 60 white people including the family that held Turner as a slave. More than 100 innocent slaves were killed in an attempt to stop the rebellion. Nat Turner fled around the country in order to escape being caught. Turner accepted his punishment and was executed on November 11, 1831. The outcome of the rebellion was that many states strengthened there slave codes- laws that limited the slaves rights.