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because they had to go back to get there families or they didnt want to leave there freinds and other peeps
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What were risks for escaping the owners plantation?
Some risks that can happen for escaping slaves was: .You could of gotten whipped by your slave owners in front of everyone. They do it in front of everyone to teach other slaves never to escape or else they will know what will happen .You could have harsher jobs or slave owners, putting you to work a lot for a punishment. Hope This Helped!
What did slave codes not prevent slaves from doing?
Slave codes prevented slaves from escaping easily, even though some did escape
Did the fonding fathers own slaves?
Some did; Thomas Jefferson, for example, owned slaves on his Virginia plantation. Many well-off southern farmers did. In the northern colonies, slaves were impractical because slavery is inherently inefficient.
What did the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 require of all citizens?
. . . . . . . . . .The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 required all citizens in helping Southern slaveholders acquire their slaves back. If they refused to comply, they could be fined or put in jail. Slaves that escaped from their owners often fled to the North and some were helped, an example is the Underground Railroad. This law was passed due to hopes of plantation owners of regaining their slaves or "property" back, but most Northerners chose to ignore it, which infuriated them.- S0L. . . . . . . . . .
Were slaves allowed to marry?
Before the abolishment of slavery, most plantation owners encouraged their slaves to marry and produce children. Some of these slave owners guaranteed freedom to women who would produce no less than 15 children.
What were risks for escaping the owners plantation?
Some risks that can happen for escaping slaves was: .You could of gotten whipped by your slave owners in front of everyone. They do it in front of everyone to teach other slaves never to escape or else they will know what will happen .You could have harsher jobs or slave owners, putting you to work a lot for a punishment. Hope This Helped!
What is a plantation owner's life like?
The owner of a plantation is like a business executive, he manages the plantation. Some plantation owners don't even live on the plantation, they come for special events, or to see their slaves or children. Many were mean to their slaves and often whipped them. This made them grumpy and self centered.
What is another word for slave owners?
Slave master or a refined approach would be a plantation owner because back in the period of slavery it would be very rare to have a plantation owner who did not have slaves of some kind.
What did slave codes not prevent slaves from doing?
Slave codes prevented slaves from escaping easily, even though some did escape
When was the slaves free time on a plantation and what did they do?
Most slaves had to work from sunrise to sunset. Some owners made their slaves work everyday, others allowed slaves one day off a month and some allowed their slaves to have Sundays as a rest day. Slaves would spend their free time mending huts, making pots and pans and relaxing. Some plantation owners allowed slaves a small plot of land to grow things to supplement their diet. Slaves were not allowed to read or write but some were allowed to go to church.
How did slaves live on a plantation?
They didn't. They were killed
What are some tools African slaves used whiled working on the plantation?
what ever they could find
Why did owners need slaves?
The whole slavery thing was for economic reasons. some needed slaves to work on their plantation, some needed slaves to work at home as servants, and other needed slaves to serve in armies. Remember slaves were an unpaid labor force.
At what age did slavs start to be slaves?
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.
How long did some Texas plantation owners take to inform their slaves of the Emancipation Proclamation?
over two years
In addition to increasing their food supply why were most slaves eager to have their own gardens?
to have some independence from the plantation owner
Why do some of the routes in the underground railroad point to the north?
Canada, which is north of the United States, was a good destination for escaping slaves. Canada did not return escaped slaves to their former owners.
