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They were different and had no known rights, and the white people did not want to work on their own plantations or hire other white people.
Because of the fact that the black didn't have any known rights in America, it was easy to force them to work there without need to pay them.
It was, however, punishable to force a white person to work on your plantation without giving him money for it.
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How was the plantation system self-sufficient?
it meant Africans needed to work more as slaves
How can you explain how plantation and slavery are related?
Slaves were captured to work on plantations
Why did plantation owners think they needed-slaves?
1. Because they couldn't outscource the jobs to China. 2. Slaves were free labor as opposed to cheap labor. 3. The Government didn't care how slaves were treated.
Why did plantation defend slavery?
to justify having slaves
Why would plantation owner prefer slaves instead of indentured servants?
The children of female slaves didn't need to be bought.
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.
How was the plantation system self-sufficient?
it meant Africans needed to work more as slaves
What are plantation slaves expected to do?
work
Why did most slaves live in the south?
Most slaves were owned by plantation owners. Plantations were very large and needed more people to work on it so that the owners could get rich quick. Also, during the cotton boom, a lot of plantation owners needed more workers to get cotton ready for sale. Slaves didn't have to be paid, just bought.
Why would plantation life revolve around the master and his family?
They were the owners of the plantation and the slaves who did the work.
In 1807 why was abolishing slave trade ineffective?
Slaves were needed by the plantation owners.
Why do people need slaves for plantations?
Slaves provided a cheap and abundant work force to do all the work on the plantation .
Is a plantation a farm?
yes it was 4 slaves 2 do work
Who forced the slaves to work?
Slave traders and plantation owners.
Plantation-system-of-the-south?
How many slaves were usually needed on a sugar plantation
What group of people did the most work on George Washingtons plantation?
SLAVES
Why were slaves were brought to the US?
To work on tobacco fields for plantation owners.
