Plantations and Slavery
They made up 40% of the South’s population
That is until the indentured servants served out their service and became free
West Africans knowledge of growing rice allowed rice plantations to become popular
Introduced by Eliza Lucas
Toiled in groups of Under an OVERSEER or a man hired by planters to watch over and direct slaves Strenuous, exhausting labor for 15 hours a day
Lived in small one room cabin Week of food: ¼ bushel of corn and 1 pound of pork Some allowed to plant own food
A way to protest enslavement
Worked slowly damaged goods purposefully carried out orders the wrong way
Preserved music, stories, dance, and religion