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.
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.
Native Americans could escape and hide. Africans were easier to find because of their skin color.
No. Indentured workers were very early in colonial history and slaves replaced them as workers.
Blacks were used as slaves for plantation workers, or sometimes they would work inside the plantation owner's house to do chores with the servants.
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At the start of the war: * plantation workers * house servants
No. Indentured workers were very early in colonial history and slaves replaced them as workers.
Blacks were used as slaves for plantation workers, or sometimes they would work inside the plantation owner's house to do chores with the servants.
There were two reasons why they turned to slavery. The first one is indentured servitude was a contract for 7 years and often people didn't finish out their contract once they arrived. This meant that they could fade into the population of colonists and no one would know they were indentured servants. While slaves were African American and anyone who was black was a slave no matter where they were. This is the second reason why slaves became popular because no matter where they were they could be picked out as a slave. To leave a plantation they had to have a pass, and slaves were property while indentured servants were workers.
African American workers joined Labor Unions.
African American slaves were mostly used as farm workers, particularly for growing cotton. However, the owner of a slave was free to use that slave for any purpose. Some slaves were used as servants, effectively butlers and housekeepers. There were various other uses.
The need for workers is the reason for slavery. At first the colonies used indentured servants, but many when they got to the colonies faded into the population after a period of time. Slaves couldn't do this since they were African American and anyone who was a slave.
They needed workers. The first slave arrived in 1619. Indentured servants didn’t work out very well because they often disappeared among the colonists, but an African American in the colonies stood out. All African Americans were slaves, so they could be stopped and questioned if they were off of the plantation. The plantations were huge acres of land so many people were needed. By 1860 there were 6 million slaves in the south in slavery.
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