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Black Peoples of America - The Plantation

 

Tobacco, cotton and sugar were grown on large-scale farms called plantations.

As European demand for these crops increased, the plantations grew larger and needed more slaves to harvest the crops.

80% of all slaves shipped to the Americas were put to work on plantations. They worked long hours in the fields and were punished if they did not work hard enough.

Other slaves worked in the house as servants, or were used to do other jobs around the plantation.

The picture below is an artist's impression of a plantation.

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Drawing by G. B. McIntosh © Thomas Jefferson Foundation Inc.  


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