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African slaves proved to be extremely hardy in harsh working conditions in tobacco and cotton fields.

African slaves had a harder time escaping than whites or native Americans. Africans were easily identified by skin color. Native Americans could generally get protection at any Indian village or reservation, often including those of competing tribes. Native Americans also were shown not to thrive in slavery conditions -- Spanish missionaries in California, for example, enslaved the natives and found that the majority wasted away and died in captivity. Whites needed only to escape to a town a few miles distant and begin to use a new name in order to get away from slavery or indentured servitude.

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Plantation owners did not use white servants and only had African American slaves. Native Americans were not used because they would simply leave. If an African American was found off the plantation without a pass he was taken into custody and all people who were black were slaves so they stood out in the population. It was easy to tell who was or was not a slave.

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Native Americans could escape and hide. Africans were easier to find because of their skin color.

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