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What was life like for a slave living on a southern plantation?

April 26, 2017life Living plantation slave southern

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What was life like for a slave living on a southern plantation?

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If they got caught knowing how to read and/or write, then they got severely whipped or had a few fingers cut off. If they tried to run away then they were sometimes hung. The plantation owners hired overseers to look after all of the slaves. If they were not working they got whipped.