https://padlet.com/57985/yfmy7mu2r6m7 Slavery Notes en-us 2016-12-15 15:49:27 UTC 2016-12-15 16:05:16 UTC hello@padlet.com 57985 https://padlet.com/57985/yfmy7mu2r6m7/wish/143872516

Tobacco was the largest slave intensive crop. Each slave working on a tobacco plantation processed almost 10,000 plants a year. 

Un-enslaved Africans could choose to work on tobacco plantations for 4-5 years to pay off debt or to complete a legal sentence. 

Signs were posted around Virginia to gather up more workers to work on plantations, most were runaways. 

Each slave could raise about 3 acres of tobacco per year.

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Some slave owners allowed hunting, gathering, bartering, and gardening so that slaves had enough food to keep them healthy until the next time they were fed their meal from their master. 

Due to slave owners having to pay for costs of tobacco processing fewer slaves were bought making it harder on men and women to find spouses or people to have children with. 

Men, women, and children were forced to work in the fields due to the high growth of tobacco. 

Women also helped with laundry, gardening, cooking, and taking care of the children. 

Men helped with repair work on the farms along with hanging clothes and packing tobacco. 

Depending on the master, some slaves were allowed to go to other plantations a few times a week to see family members or spouses. Other masters completely separated families, even sending some states away from each other. 

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Beds were often made of wood, slaves were given cotton blankets 

Cabins were built with logs and packed with mud to keep them insulated. Floors were often dirt, but occasionally wood that gave off harsh splinters. 

Cellar pits were used to store food and personal items that the slaves hid.

At smaller plantations slaves would often sleep in kitchens or outbuildings. 

Made with stone foundation and stucco walls. 

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http://www.history.org/Almanack/places/hb/hbslave.cfm#top

http://www.historyisfun.org/pdf/colonial-life/What_was_life_like_for_slaves_on_a_Virginia_farm.pdf 

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