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Slaves on plantations in the American South lived and worked cultivating cotton. They resided in small cottages with thatched roofs and dirt floors. Slaves faced harsh punishments for any perceived offenses, including branding, mutilation, hanging, maiming, neck rings, beatings, amputation, rape, and death.

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Slaves on plantations in the American South lived and worked cultivating cotton. They resided in small cottages with thatched roofs and dirt floors. Slaves faced harsh punishments for any perceived offenses, including branding, mutilation, hanging, maiming, neck rings, beatings, amputation, rape, and death.

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History script

Such as race, social caste, region, season, and the plantation


owner's choice of crop or dominant economic activity.

The majority of slaves lived and worked on cotton plantations.


Enslaved people lived in small cottages with thatched roofs and
earth floors.

 Branding, mutilation, and even death for more serious


transgressions
 could be hanged or maimed
 Neck rings, beatings, and amputation of feet if caught
running away
 Enslaved people could be killed or raped without
consequence

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