In the 1800s people mostly had slaves in the south rather than the north because the south had larger plantation area which needed more workers. There were many different jobs for a slave to have. Some slaves called field hand slaves worked in plantation which meant that they picked cotton and planted from sunrise to sunset. Some slaves worked in master’s house, and worked as a servant and did things like laundry and make food. Slaves also were able to work in factories, do construction, in mines, dockworkers, office workers, riverboat pilots and in lumberjack. Every few slaves had the right to have a family, get married, testify in court, own their own property, some can also make their own money to set themselves free. Many slave owners did not wanted their slaves to learn to read or write because they believed they might make plans with others to run away. If slaves were lucky, they would have a nice slaveholder who would treat them kindly by giving them gifts and/or by giving them a fair pay. Some slaves who worked in the house were able to be set free their owner put it in their will when they died because they feel the slave was very loyal and did a good job.
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information: http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112391/slavery.htm - thinking quest, slavery
picture 1: http://media-files.gather.com/images/d624/d426/d744/d224/d96/f3/full.jpg (in this picture there is a women being sold, and a picture iof how a poster would look to buy slaves)
picture 2: http://www.tfaoi.com/cm/6cm/6cm352.jpg (slaves walking towards the feild to work)
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