nearly 388000 slaves came to North America about 125 million came to the New World in total only ¼ of whites owned slaves Most owned fewer than 5 slaves Only 12 percent of whites owned 20 slaves ID: 601791
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Facts about Slavery -nearly 388,000 slaves came to North America (about 12.5 million came to the New World in total)-only ¼ of whites owned slaves -Most owned fewer than 5 slaves -Only 12 percent of whites owned 20+ slaves -Major slave crops were corn,tobacco, sugar, rice, cotton -”The Cotton Curtain:” areawhere Cotton is the main cropSlide2
Cotton Plants and PlantationsSlide3
Work: What kinds of work did slaves do? 1. Field work (started at 11 or 12 years of age) 2. House servants (1 in 10) 3. Skilled workers/mechanics/artisans (no more than 1 in 20) 4. Slave driver (maybe no more than 1 in 100)