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slavery in the new world
Slavery at Mount Vernon
The number of children from the married couples made the population of slaves go from around 50 in 1759 to more than 300 going to the 19th century
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Only 36 out of 96 married slaves at Mount Vernon in 1799 lived in the same household as their family.
Married slaves that were long distance could only see each other on Saturday nights, Sundays, and on holidays throughout the year.
The children were very suppressed with each other and only had their siblings and other slave children to entertain themselves since their mothers were basically gone from dawn to dusk every day.
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Slave children began working for Washington in between the age of 11 to 14 depending on how fast they grew.
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Since there were married slaves that worked at different plantations there must have been some freedom for unmarried slaves to be able to travel from farm to farm.
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Slavery in the Caribbean
In the 1650s when sugar started to take over from tobacco as the main cash crop on Nevis, enslaved Africans formed only 20% of the population.
introduction of sugar cultivation to St Kitts in the 1640s and its subsequent rapid growth led to the development of the plantation economy which depended on the labour of imported enslaved Africans.
Enslaved Africans were also much less expensive to maintain than indentured European servants or paid wage labourers.
Once they arrived in the Caribbean islands, the Africans were prepared for sale. They were washed and their skin was oiled. Finally they were sold to local buyers.
Often parents were separated from children, and husbands from wives.
Inside the plantation works, the conditions were often worse, especially the heat of the boiling house. Additionally, the hours were long, especially at harvest time.
Tasks ranged from clearing land, planting cane, and harvesting canes by hand, to manuring and weeding
By the early 18th century when sugar production was fully established nearly 80% of the population was Black. The great increase in the Black population was feared by the white plantation owners and as a result treatment often became harsher as they felt a growing need to control a larger but discontented and potentially rebellious workforce.
many died on the voyage through disease or ill treatment; some were driven by despair to commit suicide by jumping into the sea.
One recent estimate is that 12% of all Africans transported on British ships between 1701 and 1807 died
