How Did Slavery Field Work

During the times of slavery, slaves had so much to do. Slavery comes in back then came in many different forms. Slavery ranged from house slaves to field slaves and anything in between. Slaves for the most part have many different task. The task depended in the gender age and skin tone. Slaves were treated like objects, they had so much work to do. I am arguing that slaves work dangerously, cruelly, too hard.

During these times, slaves were known to be property, rather than people or human beings. “In reality, treatment of slaves ranged from mild and paternalistic to cruel and sadistic. Husbands, wives, and children were frequently sold away from one another and punishment by whipping was not unusual.” This is an example of how humans that

During these times, both men and women were needed to do field work. “Slaves were hired, or hired themselves, for farm labor, craft or manufacturing work, and domestic service” Before the fields they were mostly needed for inside housework, mechanical work, and maintenance type of task. With the continuation of slavery, it was eventually slowly ending and profit was not being made. But then Eli Whitney invented cotton gin. With the invention of cotton allowed slave owner to have their slaves picking cotton from fields to gain a profit. Cotton caused the slaves to have to be in the field in scorching heats and the hottest days. This brings me to my final point.

Lastly, to support my argument that slaves worked dangerously too much. In the sources “The Price of Freedom” and “Journal of the Early Republic”, it states how slavery started and how the process to deal with slavery is. They also talk about examples of how slave owners use their slaves and the growth of slavery. “Maryland generally: the city 's numbers nearly quadrupled, from 1,255 to 4,672, while in the rest of the county slavery increased by less than 15 percent.” This quote explains how slavery grows fast and even in specific places they grow faster than