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On the Plantation, some slaves would have started work at the age of about four as a child-minder. They would usually start running errands and carrying water to the other slaves at the age of five and they would have been expected to work on the plantation at the age of seven or eight.
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Howand why did slavery start?
Slavery is as old as humans. Slaves were taken from the survivors of battles, wars, and conquests. The word slave is taken from slavs, the southern European people living in the Yugoslavia area.
What date did it slavery start?
There is no exact date or place that slavery can be given. Thousands of years of slavery have existed. The bible talks about slaves and slaves were bought and sold by civilizations from the earliest times.
What two cultures blended together in Russia?
The Slavs originally lived in what is now Russia. Then the vikings from Scandinavia began raiding and later conquering the land, much as they did in Britain and France. So the two cultures that blended together in Russia were the Slavs and the Vikings.
Did the mongols have a positive or negative effect on the slavs?
generally positive-- they improved roads, taxation, and communication
The 3 tribes that invaded the Roman Empire between 410 and 476 C.E. was what?
Germanic, Huns and Slavs
