Work Before, During, and After Civil War by https://padlet.com/18harnetiauxsidney/fdpjtpv7cxac en-us 2017-02-01 17:29:43 UTC 2025-09-25 13:46:06 UTC hello@padlet.com During the War 18harnetiauxsidney https://padlet.com/18harnetiauxsidney/fdpjtpv7cxac/wish/150915722 During the Civil War, many slaves fled from their owners as soon as they could. Former slave, Andy J. Anderson describes the punishment for running away, saying, "We colored folks on Master's place are not used to such treatment an' some run off. W'en they are catched, they're a whppin' at de stake. There are a couple ob de runaways dat are never catched." Many other slaves could not leave or would not leave without their family members in the war. A few slaves stayed loyal to their slaveholders, defending them and their land from Yankee raiders, while simultaneously yearning for a Union victory. These war days for working slaves commenced slowly, as they continued their usual daily farming duties. Most of these duties consisted of harvesting specific crops and raising animals. The Civil War lasted until 1865. Slaves were still under their slaveholders' custody up until this point, but wouldn't be much longer. African-Americans were starting to see the gleaming light of freedom, thanks to Abraham Lincoln, who had been working on a document to help emancipate these people from their shackles of slavery called The Emancipation Proclamation.]]> 2017-02-01 17:33:22 UTC https://padlet.com/18harnetiauxsidney/fdpjtpv7cxac/wish/150915722 Before the War 18millerjoshua https://padlet.com/18harnetiauxsidney/fdpjtpv7cxac/wish/150936745 Before the Civil War, former slaves worked on plantations or for wealthy white families, doing as the families please. At times, families asked slaves to do odd jobs. A plantation, described by former slave Andy J. Anderson, was "kind of like a small town" (Anderson,  paragraph 6). Within these "small towns," there would be people such as shoemakers, those who harvest, and those who tended to animals. Matilda Hatchett, another former slave, talked of her family working primarily on the farm aspect of the plantation. "They raised cows, hogs, horses, turkeys, chickens, and everything else...they ran a cotton gin and my father managed it. That was his job all the time before the War" (Hatchett, paragraphs 34 and 35). 




]]> 2017-02-01 18:24:10 UTC https://padlet.com/18harnetiauxsidney/fdpjtpv7cxac/wish/150936745 After the War 18harnetiauxsidney https://padlet.com/18harnetiauxsidney/fdpjtpv7cxac/wish/150940279 After the Civil War, some freed slaves worked on shares,  a form of agriculture where a landowner allows residents to farm  land in return for a share of a harvest or profit.  Isom Mosby shared "And when they found out they was free, they worked on shares, they tell me. Worked on shares, didn't rent no land, they worked on shares...they got the third, I think they say, what they made,??? after surrender" (Mosby, paragraph 16). Yes, slaves had been legally freed, yes they could farm their own land, but no, they could not keep full profits or benefits from their work. Matilda Hatchett also said, "After the War, my father farmed. He worked on shares"  (Hatchett, paragraph 36). Because farming was what they had known, many slaves turned to the sharecropping method, despite the unequal sharing of profit.  



]]> 2017-02-01 18:32:29 UTC https://padlet.com/18harnetiauxsidney/fdpjtpv7cxac/wish/150940279 18harnetiauxsidney https://padlet.com/18harnetiauxsidney/fdpjtpv7cxac/wish/151472769 Slaves working in fields tending the crop. ]]> 2017-02-03 15:45:59 UTC https://padlet.com/18harnetiauxsidney/fdpjtpv7cxac/wish/151472769 18harnetiauxsidney https://padlet.com/18harnetiauxsidney/fdpjtpv7cxac/wish/151475132 Andy J. Anderson]]> 2017-02-03 15:52:12 UTC https://padlet.com/18harnetiauxsidney/fdpjtpv7cxac/wish/151475132 18harnetiauxsidney https://padlet.com/18harnetiauxsidney/fdpjtpv7cxac/wish/151901862 Matilda Hatchett]]> 2017-02-06 17:33:08 UTC https://padlet.com/18harnetiauxsidney/fdpjtpv7cxac/wish/151901862 18harnetiauxsidney https://padlet.com/18harnetiauxsidney/fdpjtpv7cxac/wish/151904210 Main house on plantation, where white owners and masters lived. ]]> 2017-02-06 17:38:56 UTC https://padlet.com/18harnetiauxsidney/fdpjtpv7cxac/wish/151904210 18millerjoshua https://padlet.com/18harnetiauxsidney/fdpjtpv7cxac/wish/151906468 Abraham Lincoln- Emancipation Proclomation]]> 2017-02-06 17:44:47 UTC https://padlet.com/18harnetiauxsidney/fdpjtpv7cxac/wish/151906468 Question 4- Although slaves still farmed after the war, what was the difference between pre-war and post-war farming? 18harnetiauxsidney https://padlet.com/18harnetiauxsidney/fdpjtpv7cxac/wish/151922715 2017-02-06 18:26:52 UTC https://padlet.com/18harnetiauxsidney/fdpjtpv7cxac/wish/151922715 Question 3- What kind of punishments did slaves receive if they tried to run away? 18millerjoshua https://padlet.com/18harnetiauxsidney/fdpjtpv7cxac/wish/151923073 2017-02-06 18:27:48 UTC https://padlet.com/18harnetiauxsidney/fdpjtpv7cxac/wish/151923073 Question 2- Were there more jobs for slaves than working in a field? If so, name a couple. 18harnetiauxsidney https://padlet.com/18harnetiauxsidney/fdpjtpv7cxac/wish/151923907 Response- Textile and Steel industries grew after the Civil War, and some African Americans were employed in those businesses]]> 2017-02-06 18:29:52 UTC https://padlet.com/18harnetiauxsidney/fdpjtpv7cxac/wish/151923907 Question 1- If you were a slave during this time, would you stay with your slaveholder or runaway? Why? 18millerjoshua https://padlet.com/18harnetiauxsidney/fdpjtpv7cxac/wish/151923929 2017-02-06 18:29:55 UTC https://padlet.com/18harnetiauxsidney/fdpjtpv7cxac/wish/151923929 Works Cited 18harnetiauxsidney https://padlet.com/18harnetiauxsidney/fdpjtpv7cxac/wish/151924426
- Cauthier, Sheldon F., Interviewer. "Andy J. Anderson Interview." New Deal Network, n.d. Web. 2 Feb. 2017.

-Taylor, Samuel S., Interviewer. "American Slave Narratives." Been Here So Long. New Deal Network, n.d. Web. 6 Feb. 2017.


]]> 2017-02-06 18:31:13 UTC https://padlet.com/18harnetiauxsidney/fdpjtpv7cxac/wish/151924426 Answer to Question # 2 - Morgan Pace 18pacemorgan https://padlet.com/18harnetiauxsidney/fdpjtpv7cxac/wish/152249729 A lot worked on shares after the war, because farming was all they had known.]]> 2017-02-07 18:30:16 UTC https://padlet.com/18harnetiauxsidney/fdpjtpv7cxac/wish/152249729 Answer # 4- Dacoda Riechmann 18riechmanndacoda https://padlet.com/18harnetiauxsidney/fdpjtpv7cxac/wish/152249813 They didn't get whipped as much as they used to and some actually got paid.]]> 2017-02-07 18:30:29 UTC https://padlet.com/18harnetiauxsidney/fdpjtpv7cxac/wish/152249813 Answer to question #1 18reevesmadison https://padlet.com/18harnetiauxsidney/fdpjtpv7cxac/wish/152250037 I think that I would stay with my slaveholder because I wouldnt know how to do anything else excet farm. I think you should learn how to read and wirte before you go out and try to make a new life for yourself. ]]> 2017-02-07 18:31:00 UTC https://padlet.com/18harnetiauxsidney/fdpjtpv7cxac/wish/152250037 Response to "Answer to question #1"- Morgan Pace 18pacemorgan https://padlet.com/18harnetiauxsidney/fdpjtpv7cxac/wish/152252370 I agree with that answer, I wouldn't want to leave from the comfort of a home I had known my whole life. Especially after I had seen how some people treated the African Americans like they where criminals when they weren't on the plantaion]]> 2017-02-07 18:36:40 UTC https://padlet.com/18harnetiauxsidney/fdpjtpv7cxac/wish/152252370 Response to answer #2- Dacoda Riechmann 18riechmanndacoda https://padlet.com/18harnetiauxsidney/fdpjtpv7cxac/wish/152252507 I do agree with that answer, but there were other jobs like church ministers and other stuff. The majority just continued to work for the share.]]> 2017-02-07 18:37:01 UTC https://padlet.com/18harnetiauxsidney/fdpjtpv7cxac/wish/152252507 Response to "Answer to Questions #2" 18zobristtyler https://padlet.com/18harnetiauxsidney/fdpjtpv7cxac/wish/152252777 I agree with you. They should spend more time on getting an education before going to make a life outside the plantation. Also, their owners provide them with what they need so leaving would leave more struggle for them.  -Tyler]]> 2017-02-07 18:37:39 UTC https://padlet.com/18harnetiauxsidney/fdpjtpv7cxac/wish/152252777 Response to "Question # 2" -Madison Reeves 18reevesmadison https://padlet.com/18harnetiauxsidney/fdpjtpv7cxac/wish/152254095 Slaves also turned to sharecropping, despite the unequal sharing of profit. ]]> 2017-02-07 18:40:33 UTC https://padlet.com/18harnetiauxsidney/fdpjtpv7cxac/wish/152254095 samrustin00 https://padlet.com/18harnetiauxsidney/fdpjtpv7cxac/wish/152254360 I would stay with my slaveholder because if I tried to runaway and wasn't successful he could torture me and leave me to die a slow death or he could make me work harder than I already was. -Sam]]> 2017-02-07 18:41:08 UTC https://padlet.com/18harnetiauxsidney/fdpjtpv7cxac/wish/152254360