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Black Peoples of America
Work Done By Slaves
Slaves had no say in what task they were required to do and no control over the length of their working day which was usually from sunup in the morning to sunset in the evening ("can see to can't see" in the slaves language).
Although slaves were used in the northern states in factories to produce manufactured goods, most slaves worked on plantations in the southern states.
Slaves were used on plantations for a variety of tasks:
Picking cotton
Harvesting Tobacco
Working in the Dairy
It was usually young girls that churned the milk into butter.
Washing Clothes
'I used battling blocks and battling sticks to help clean the clothes when we was washing'
Planting and Harvesting Rice
Building Railroads
Carpentry
"He used to make spinning wheels and parts of looms. He was a very valuable man."
Butchering and Preserving
Meat was butchered by the slaves, then preserved in the smokehouse
Harvesting Sugar Cane
Growing and Harvesting Coffee
Weaving
"My mammy was a fine weaver and she work for both white and colored."
Cooking
'The cooking was done in the kitchen in the yard.'
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