African-American Working Conditions

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Over the course of the 1600s, the lives of the African-American slaves did not get any better; instead it only got worst. The African-American slaves were captured and forcibly brought over between the 1700s and 1750s (Textbook, 108). The Europeans needed the slaves to grow and harvest crops on the plantation. “The African slaves made up most of the South’s population.” (Textbook, 109). These slaves were forced to leave their families and had to come work for the Europeans. The working conditions for these slaves were also absolutely horrible. It was completely full of filth and injustice. The African slaves were captured and brought over in tightly packed ships with absolutely no sunlight. The slaves barely had any room. They went through
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