Slave Project by Jamie McKenna https://padlet.com/jamiemckenna1/hgfqvo84u14d en-us 2018-03-08 17:55:47 UTC 2018-03-29 16:43:34 UTC hello@padlet.com How many slaves he owned jamiemckenna1 https://padlet.com/jamiemckenna1/hgfqvo84u14d/wish/242491256 John Joshua Ward had owned 1,130 slaves to work on his many plantation including the biggest plantation Brookgreen plantation which has now become Brook Greens park]]> 2018-03-15 17:10:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiemckenna1/hgfqvo84u14d/wish/242491256 Who was Joshua John Ward jamiemckenna1 https://padlet.com/jamiemckenna1/hgfqvo84u14d/wish/242491441 John Joshua Ward was the largest slave owner ever in the world. He was alive from 1800-1853 and owned many rice plantations.]]> 2018-03-15 17:10:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiemckenna1/hgfqvo84u14d/wish/242491441 Why did he need slaves jamiemckenna1 https://padlet.com/jamiemckenna1/hgfqvo84u14d/wish/242492426
John Ward wanted slaves to work on his many rice plantations he had owned around 10 and was nicknamed King of the Riceplanters. ]]> 2018-03-15 17:12:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiemckenna1/hgfqvo84u14d/wish/242492426 How rich was he and how much did he spend on slaves jamiemckenna1 https://padlet.com/jamiemckenna1/hgfqvo84u14d/wish/242493673   On average a slave would cost 800 dollars in 1850 which would be 40,000 dollars per slave in today's money so that means he would have spent around 45 million on slaves in today's money]]> 2018-03-15 17:14:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiemckenna1/hgfqvo84u14d/wish/242493673 Sources jamiemckenna1 https://padlet.com/jamiemckenna1/hgfqvo84u14d/wish/247324377 2018-03-29 16:43:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiemckenna1/hgfqvo84u14d/wish/247324377 jamiemckenna1 https://padlet.com/jamiemckenna1/hgfqvo84u14d/wish/247324431 2018-03-29 16:43:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jamiemckenna1/hgfqvo84u14d/wish/247324431