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Slavery In the New World (Slavery in the Caribbean (When male slaves…

- - - - Bands of communities or fugitive slaves who had exceeded societies of their own in remote areas were called Maroon societies. Some would hide together and sustain themselves with raids, while others felt safe enough to plant crops.
- - - - The slaves at Mount Vernon wore the clothes given by George. The men got a jacket, breeches, 2 shirts, 1 pair of stockings,and 1 pair of shoes each. The women got a petty coat, 2 shifts, a jacket, 1 pair of stockings and 1 pair shoes each.
        
        The men's shirts were made out of unbleached linen. The quality of the clothes was not that good at all and the shoes were plain unblackened sturdy leather shoes without buckles. The clothes also looked like they were made from the farms.
        
        Women wore shifts as undergarments and were made out of osnaburg. Since the number of clothes given out was so little, they probably wore it everyday.
      - George had many ways to keep the slaves under control, sometimes he would threaten to demote some of then since house servant or skilled laborer was rankest higher. There were also extreme measures like whipping and beatings
        
        Some slaves resisted, some would misplace tools and work slowly. Some would have more noticeable actions of resistance like stealing, arson, and running away. Some would steal tools, fabrics, yams, raw wool, wine, rum, milk butter, etc. On April 1781, 17 slaves ran off voluntarily
        
        Mount Vernon was divided into 5 separate farms. The slaves typically worked from the time that the sun rose and it set. They would get around 2 hours off between meals. In the winter they would work a little less, for about 8 hours, while in the summer they would work up to 14.
        
        Out of the 319 slaves that worked in Mount Vernon, 42% were too young to work, 28% were skilled laborers, blacksmiths, barrel makers, cooks, etc. 75% of these slaves were men.
    - - The slaves in Mount Vernon had freedom of movement. They were allowed to travel from farm to farm to see family and spend time. Sundays families were allowed to spend the whole day together as well as holidays.
        
        These families had a lot of kids in the farm, expanding the numbers of them by hundreds. The little kids were assigned little chores, and when they reached the age of 11-14 they would start working for George Washington.