Daily+Life+of+a+Slave

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What was a typical day like for a plantation slave in the antebellum South?
=== Part 1 === Answer the following questions. > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
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 * 1) Aside from cotton plantations, where were slaves employed?
 * 1) Describe a slave's typical work day.
 * 1) What do the photographs tell you about slave life?

Part 2
At Site 2, read the paragraph from an 1859 pamphlet to answer the following questions. > > > > > > > > > >
 * 1) Where did the slaves described in the document come from?
 * 1) In addition to the cotton and rice field laborers, what skilled slaves were in this group?
 * 1) How were skilled slaves valued?

Part 3
Use the information at Site 3 to answer the following questions: > > > >
 * 1) At what age did most children begin to work alongside their parents?
 * 1) What are two foods Americans eat today that were brought by the slaves from Africa?

Part 4
For homework, choose four artifacts from the Hermitage Plantation (Site 3) to include in a museum display titled "Slave Life." The artifacts should be something a slave would have used and can represent any aspect of life such as work, play, housing, clothing, religion, or food. Write a brief caption to explain what the artifact is and why it is significant to slave family life.

Be sure that your artifacts and captions answer the Focus Question: What was a typical day like for a plantation slave in the antebellum South? Artifact #1

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Artifact #4

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