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To Provide inexpensive labor on Large Plantations!
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Plantations could not run without huge amounts of labor. Which is where slavery comes in. Many plantation owners needed cheap labor, so slaves were the easiest and quickest way to get that.
Slaves were the main labor source for large plantations.
Plantations relied on slave labor due to the need for cheap and abundant workforce to maximize profits. Slaves were seen as a source of free labor that plantation owners exploited to cultivate crops at lower costs. This allowed plantations to be economically viable and competitive in the market.
Yes. Both genders were, and are, capable of working on sugar plantations, usually with the males doing more of the harder physical labor.
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Blacks were enslaved and forced to work on the plantations for little or no money.
Immigrant Labor
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Yes, there is. The details for various ages and categories can all be found at the link below.
Slave Labor ~
Plantations