What was the life of a slave like on a West Indian sugar plantation in the eighteenth century? Include details from slaves' work lives, as well as from their family and social lives
What will be an ideal response?
ANSWER:
Students should describe slaves' working lives, from planting and weeding sugar cane to harvesting, milling, and refining it. The gender imbalance of slave populations and the sexual divisions of labor on the plantation should be acknowledged. Low reproductive rates and high numbers of new slave imports were an integral part of slaves' family and social lives. Home life including the period of "seasoning," diet, health, nutrition, Sunday markets, marriage, child rearing, religion, and life expectancy should all be discussed.
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