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Plantations and Slavery
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They made up 40% of the South’s population
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That is until the indentured servants served out their service and became free
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West Africans knowledge of growing rice allowed rice plantations to become popular
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Introduced by Eliza Lucas
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Toiled in groups of 20- 25 Under an OVERSEER or a man hired by planters to watch over and direct slaves Strenuous, exhausting labor for 15 hours a day
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Lived in small one room cabin Week of food: ¼ bushel of corn and 1 pound of pork Some allowed to plant own food
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A way to protest enslavement
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Worked slowly damaged goods purposefully carried out orders the wrong way
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Preserved music, stories, dance, and religion
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