HI330 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Toleration, Utopia, Sickle-Cell Disease
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Most owned fewer than 5 slaves and most of them worked closely with their owners but over time there were larger plantations and masters didn"t see their slaves more characteristic of virginia and maryland. Owners with larger number of slaves would divide them into smaller numbers thought they might be in danger of a slave rebellion if they allowed too many to live together. Over time, as the percentage newly arrived from african declined in the slave population, larger concentrations of slaves became more common. Before the mid 18th century, nearly all slaves worked in the fields. Usually worked for dawn and dusk for breaks for food and rest and during the colonial era they didn"t work sundays. Many men saw men as women"s work and many avoided trying to do it. Post 1750 see more specialization among the slave population and some males had skilled jobs on the plantation (tanning, shoe making, etc)
