In the lower South the majority of slaves lived and worked on cotton plantations. Most of these plantations had fifty or fewer slaves, although the largest plantations have several hundred. Cotton was by far the leading cash crop, but slaves also raised rice, corn, sugarcane, and tobacco.
So slaves did a lot of heavy farm work and were household servants.
<span>A reason for the growth of large mental institutions during the 1800s is due to poverty in that era, causing mental health problems such as depression and problems brought on by the stress and anxiety of struggling to afford to live. This increased the requirement for mental institutions.</span>
