BIOL 1201 : Hist 2055 Final Review
Document Summary
Got to have the labor slaves: mobility of slavery was key, more money was invested in slavery than. Feared race wars and interracial marriage: politics. White men understood importance of voting: economic and social mobility. > often the people they owned were their families (wife, children, etc. ) One room sometimes with windows (with no glass) Fireplaces: slaves had a diet that filled them they were there to work so they had to be fed. Salt pork: hogs were the food animal of choice and the meat had to be salted to stay good. In the proper seasons there would be vegetables and chickens maybe eggs. In some plantations slaves could hunt and fish and they could eat their catch: most white southerners ate the same thing as the slaves, slaves did not go hungry, clothes. Given 2 sets of clothes a year: one for summer and one for winter.
