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The living conditions of slaves in the antbellum American South, were some of the worst places for slaves across entire history.
*Living Conditions of Slaves: Housing
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Slaves were relocated in areas of the plantation for their living quarters. On some plantations the owners would provide the slaves with housing, on others the slaves had to build their own homes. Slaves that had to build their own houses tend to make them like the houses they had, had in Africa and they all had thatched roofs. Living conditions were cramped in with mostly as many as ten people sharing a hut.
*Living Conditions of Slaves; Food
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Sometimes they were given pans for cooking, but often they had to make their own food. The long hours they had to work in the fields meant that they had little free time for making things to improve their living conditions. Some slaves used a hollow out pumpkin shell to cook their food in.
Most plantation owners did not spend more money on food for their slaves than they had to and so the slaves lived on a diet of fatty meat and cornbread.
*Living Conditions of Slaves: Clothing
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Slaves would be given 1 pair of shoes and three items of underwear a year. (I don't know if this is true, so check up on that before you submit your "assignment" or whatever you need this for). Although these and other clothing would be provided by their owner, they were probably always the wrong size or shape for the person wearing it. ( made out of rough/loose materials in texture).
*Living Conditions of Slaves: Free Time
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Most slaves worked from sunrise to sunset. Some owners made their slaves work every day, others allowed slaves one day a month off and some allowed their slaves to have Sundays as a rest-day.
Slaves would spend their free time fixing their huts, making pots and pans and just chillin'. (also known as relaxing, xd). Some plantation owners allowed their slaves a tiny little plot area of land to grow things to supplement their diet.
Slaves weren't allowed to read or write, but some were allowed to go to church.
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