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US History [1]
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Revolution [2]
Identifications #9 Pg.?s 103-116. Explain the specialization of labor on Southern plantations? Allowed by the presence of large plantations, each would have its own slaves who were blacksmiths, carpenters, and shoemakers They would also have women slaves who were seamstresses, cooks, dairymaids, and midwives. The above made up only 10-20% of the slaves, and most slaves were just simple farm hands. Analyze the extent and nature of slave resistance? Some ran off to join Indian tribes Some reached Spanish Florida and established a free community. Africans did not have weapons and only in unusual circumstances, would slaves rebel. Extended king roups would ask to stay together so if the family was broken up the child could be raised by family.