... much as planter manipulation of reproduction. On plantations where there were nurseries, women were constantly running back and forth between the field and the quarters to nurse their children. On farms where there was no central place for the children, women had to take their children to the fields with them and either work with them on their backs or put ... . Since nonprolific women were sold, childbearing was a way to anchor oneself to a given plantation for an extended period of time and thus maintain enduring relationships with family and friends. Childbirth also secured somewhat t...

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... mercy and beaten severely. (Magill 5: 2342). At the age of seven, she was hired out to other plantation owners to do housework and to care for white children on nearby farms, and later becomes a field hand (Compton Interactive Encyclopedia Deluxe). At the young age of thirteen Harriet experienced an accident that would significantly affect the rest of her life. An overseer ... recalled, "I looked at my hands to see if I was same person, now I was free- (voices of triumph 71). "She was excited about reaching freedom, but she was sad that her family members were still chattel. She determi...

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... freedom. The upper South supplied a high proportion of the fugitives. They were usually young adults, male, free, and highly skilled; family flights were rare. Traveling by night to avoid detection, "escapees- used the North Star for guidance. Usually they required isolated "stations- (farms) or "vigilance committee- agents in towns, where sympathetic free blacks could effectively hide them. When possible, "conductors- met them ... was Little Eva, a white child who treats her slaves with love and kindness, and dies surrounded by weeping servants. Stowe wrote in her book descriptions of ...

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... called slave owners or masters. Slaves didn't really have any rights. Slave owners would whip slaves who complained. Owners could sell slaves for money at auctions. Many slaves worked on farms called plantations. In the South, slavery was legal, which means it was okay by law. In the north, slavery was illegal, which means it was against the law. At age ... to freedom using the people and safe houses of the Underground Railroad. It took her about a week to get to Pennsylvania, a free state. After Harriet became free, she led her family and her friends to freedom. She became the "conduct...

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... two or three slaves, planters with ten to thirty slaves and big planters who owned a thousand or more slaves. Scholars generally agree that slaves received better treatment on the small farms and plantation that did not employ overseers or general managers. Almost half of the slaves, however, live, worked and died on plantations where the owners assigned much of their authority ... pounds of bacon or salt pork. They were also given milk, potatoes, peas and beans, molasses, and fish. Fractional amounts, usually one-half, were allotted to each child in the family. Most slaves supplemented...

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... north; but this institution remained strongly in the south because their economy depended on their labor. . But slavery was less profitable in the North, there economic activity centered on small farms and industries The southern plantation owners were not willing to follow in the north's footsteps because their income would decrease a considerable amount. Having this difference in their lifestyles began to ... , led the most famous slave revolt in United States history. In 1831, Turner and from 60 to 70 other slaves killed about 60 whites in Virginia. The victims included the family of ...

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