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Plantations and Slavery. They made up 40% of the South’s population.

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1 Plantations and Slavery

2 They made up 40% of the South’s population

3 That is until the indentured servants served out their service and became free

4 West Africans knowledge of growing rice allowed rice plantations to become popular

5 Introduced by Eliza Lucas

6 Toiled in groups of 20- 25 Under an OVERSEER or a man hired by planters to watch over and direct slaves Strenuous, exhausting labor for 15 hours a day

7 Lived in small one room cabin Week of food: ¼ bushel of corn and 1 pound of pork Some allowed to plant own food

8 A way to protest enslavement

9 Worked slowly damaged goods purposefully carried out orders the wrong way

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12 Preserved music, stories, dance, and religion

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