Slavery In Colonial America
Abraham Lincoln once stated “I am naturally anti-slavery, If slavery is not wrong, nothing is.” There have been many periods of slavery and in the American colonial days slavery was a very common thing in the North and South colonies. Slavery has existed throughout time but American slavery in the colonial days was a unique system.
For many black people in colonial America slavery began the day they were born. Their mother would have been a slave and more than likely labored and delivered under harsh conditions. Babies were often separated from their mothers moments after their birth and were unlikely to survive due to these conditions. Amongst the children that survived about half of the children were under 5.5 pounds which is now considered …show more content…
The main job of the slaves in the North was very different then the jobs in the South. The North's major industry relied on factory work while the South relied mostly on agriculture. Slaves that went to the North were therefore likely to work in the factory trade or as a skilled laborer who might need to read or write. Slaves that ended up in the South mostly worked on large plantations and usually worked as field laborers or plantation hands. Many more slaves were needed to complete the work of a large plantation resulting in a much larger slave population in the South.different thing depending on the area they worked in. The slaves who worked in the Big house which was the housing for the slaves masters, did jobs such as being a maid, cook, or butler. Field works had a different lifestyle. Field workers worked from when the sun rose to when it set, and even sometimes the slaves would have to work during the night. They did jobs such as harvesting crops. In the South they planted crops that were able to grow their such as tobacco. In the North they mostly did field jobs such as taking care of as well as slaughtering the livestock. The final job the slaves did was being skilled laborers.These slaves were specifically trained to jobs that other regular slaves were not able to master. Some of these jobs included blacksmiths, tailors, weavers, and glass makers. Every slave was part of the plantation, every plantation had a distinct look to it which I will describe to
For many black people in colonial America slavery began the day they were born. Their mother would have been a slave and more than likely labored and delivered under harsh conditions. Babies were often separated from their mothers moments after their birth and were unlikely to survive due to these conditions. Amongst the children that survived about half of the children were under 5.5 pounds which is now considered …show more content…
The main job of the slaves in the North was very different then the jobs in the South. The North's major industry relied on factory work while the South relied mostly on agriculture. Slaves that went to the North were therefore likely to work in the factory trade or as a skilled laborer who might need to read or write. Slaves that ended up in the South mostly worked on large plantations and usually worked as field laborers or plantation hands. Many more slaves were needed to complete the work of a large plantation resulting in a much larger slave population in the South.different thing depending on the area they worked in. The slaves who worked in the Big house which was the housing for the slaves masters, did jobs such as being a maid, cook, or butler. Field works had a different lifestyle. Field workers worked from when the sun rose to when it set, and even sometimes the slaves would have to work during the night. They did jobs such as harvesting crops. In the South they planted crops that were able to grow their such as tobacco. In the North they mostly did field jobs such as taking care of as well as slaughtering the livestock. The final job the slaves did was being skilled laborers.These slaves were specifically trained to jobs that other regular slaves were not able to master. Some of these jobs included blacksmiths, tailors, weavers, and glass makers. Every slave was part of the plantation, every plantation had a distinct look to it which I will describe to