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What happened as the demand for slaves grew?
people had less slaves
What did slaves eat in the mid 1800's?
African-American slaves in America ate what was given to them---little---or grew crops such as squash, corn, and beans. They didn't have it well until Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation freed all slaves in the Union.
What crop did slaves raise in swampy areas?
Slaves grew rice in swampy areas.
What happen to slavery when states grew more cotton?
The South had to hire more slaves to pick the cotton. Therefore the population grew.
How did Eli Whitneys cotton gin affect slavery?
You would think that since there aren't as many hands needed to separate cotton, there would be a decrease in slavery. However, plantation owners only grew more cotton which needed more slaves to pick, then needed even more slaves to operate the cotton gin. In fact, after the invention of the cotton gin, slavery soon quadrupled.
What did the plantation owners do on the plantation?
they played with the slaves when the were little and as they grew older (if the dad didn't have a son) they would own the slaves and the plantation
Who harvested and planted the crops that grew at George Washington's private plantation?
Slaves
Who planted the crops on George Washington's plantation?
Farm work on his plantation was done by his slaves.
What did a plantation owner's daughter do on the plantation?
A plantation owner's daughter typically lived a life of privilege and oversaw the management of the household and slaves. She was responsible for social events, entertaining guests, and managing the domestic affairs of the plantation. Additionally, she likely received a formal education and was groomed for marriage to a suitable suitor from a similar social class.
What did slaves do when they weren't working?
During times of the day when they were not working on plantation agriculture, slaves grew vegetables for themselves and fished for their own food. They sewed clothes for themselves with the materials available to them.
What were the three main things that slaves grew?
Cotton, Corn, Wheat
Can you give me 2 reasons about why did slavery grew in the south and not in the north?
It grew in the south because the southern colonies grew more plantations with the hotter weather than the north. If you own a plantation you need people to work on it for you so they brought slaves to do that.
What did african slaves grow?
3 of the main things they grew were sugar, tobacco and cotton
What kind of sentence for plantation?
The plantation owners grew sugar for the European market.
What were the farms the Spanish operated and the American called?
They were called plantations, they grew one crop in the plantation.
How did slaves make cornbread?
The American slaves would have made cornbread with the same ingredients and with the same methods as anyone else. In fact, the kitchens of American slave-owners were staffed with slaves, and the same cornbread baked for the white family would have been distributed to slaves on the plantation (Cornbread originated with Native Americans. They were using ground corn for years and years before slaves arrived in the States. )
Where was the Madison family plantation?
Montpelier, which was James' plantation is in Orange County, Virginia. He grew up nearby.
