Women
Small and large that had one slave was about 11%- most had paid off what their owners had paid for them. The "company store" towns had more in worse condition than the slaves in the south.
About 3.5 million, out of a total population of 30 million. There were another .5 million free blacks. Most slaves were in the south, though there were still a few in some nothern states.
Cotton
Several states in 1860 had slave populations number in the hundreds of thousands. The largest slave population was Virginia, with 490,000. This was followed by Georgia with 462,000, Mississippi with 436,000 and Alabama with 435,000.
the slaves
life back then was very difficult, not just for slaves but for others as well. slaves life was most difficult because, they did not have one job they had many jobs, like; ~house slaves ~gladiatiors ~etc.
Life would be difficult for African Americans despite their freedom. ---Apex.
Depends on whether you were Dutch or a native of said colony, and if you were a native, what 'rank', so to speak. Most natives were treated like slaves (or rather, they were slaves), so life was pretty bad for them.
crossing the middle passage
life was difficult because they did not have most of the things we hav today
By 1860 there were 6 million in the United States. Slavery still exists and today there are 25 million slaves in the world. Most a women and children sold and forced to work in the sex industry.
Africans came to the western hemisphere not as slaves at first. They came as indentured servants. However, it was believed to be 1619 when the Africans were brought as slaves from the western part of Africa.
Most rural slaves had to do hard farm labor, while urban slaves were usually domestics.
Women
There were plenty of immigrants that came to the US before 1860. These immigrants were most often people from Europe looking for a better life.
Most, a horrible life of cruelty.