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Slavery in the New World (Slavery in the Caribbean (Group_of_men_and_women…
Slavery in the New World
Slavery in the Caribbean
The type of labor slaves was being used for were for sugar plantations, coffee plantations, mines, domestic labor, cotton fields, cocoa fields, and building
Living conditions and life on the plantation were very bad for the slaves and they were treated very harshly. They were not treated well and were given very little food. Work on the plantation was so exhausting for the slaves it was not long until they would reach their death.
In the Trans-Atlantic slave carriers, there were 54,200 voyages and 11,000,00 slaves transported.
In the 19th century, the majority of slaves in the British Caribbean and Brazil were born in Africa. Most slaves were 3rd, 4th, 5th generation Americans.
Plantations relied fully on imported slave workforce. The work in the fields were "grueling" with longs hours spent in the hot sun supervised by the owners who would hurt them if they didn't get their work done.
The death rate on the plantations were so high because of overwork, poor nutrition, work conditions, and disease. Many plantation owners in the Caribbean would import new slaves than provide the means and conditions for the survival of their existing slaves. Owners simply replaced the casualties by importing more slaves from West Africa.
The type of labor the slaves were put to work on the plantations were clearing land, planting cane, harvesting canes by hand, to manuring, and weeding. These type of jobs were known as "back-breaking"
In the Caribbean, slaves were kept at larger units and many plantations, that holds 150 slaves or more.
Slaves suffered a variety of different from the Atlantic Slave Trade and bad working and living conditions. Whooping cough, fevers, and other respiratory disease increased the death rate of slaves. Children and infants of the slaves were also greatly affected by these diseases being spread throughout the voyage and plantation.
Not only did slaves work outside on plantation they would also work inside. The heat of the boiling house was just as worse as the sun outside. The slaves were put into terrible working conditions.
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