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Runaways on plantations often disrupted work schedules, leading to lower productivity and financial losses for plantation owners. Additionally, the escape of enslaved individuals challenged the authority of plantation owners and instilled fear among other enslaved individuals. In some cases, runaways sought refuge with nearby communities or formed maroon societies, further complicating plantation owners' efforts to maintain control.
The plural form of runaway is runaways.
Slave hunters would use tactics such as tracking down runaways with bloodhounds, searching plantations and cities for escaped slaves, and sometimes even luring them with promises of freedom before capturing them and returning them to their owners. They also relied on the help of local authorities and informants to locate and apprehend fugitive slaves.
Slaves were kept in various places depending on the context, including plantations, households, mines, and ships. In the United States, slaves were commonly housed in cabins on plantations or in slave quarters on the property of the slave owner.
The triangular trade significantly affected the Caribbean by leading to the growth of plantations producing sugar, tobacco, and other commodities. This trade system also led to the forced migration of enslaved Africans to work on these plantations, shaping the demographics of the region and creating a system of exploitation and inequality that persisted for centuries. Additionally, the Caribbean became a hub for trade between Europe, Africa, and the Americas, contributing to its economic prosperity but also its social and cultural complexities.
The Spanish forced indigenous people and African slaves to work on sugar plantations and in gold mines in their colonies in the Americas.