“Work Gangs” in the Fields:
“Work Gangs” in the Fields Great Gang – included strongest men who did the heavy field work
Second Gang – women and older men; did lighter fieldwork (weeding)
Third Gang – children, worked shorter hours; brought food & water to field gangs
Women in the Fields:
Women in the Fields
Drivers:
Drivers Directed the work gangs
Slave drivers were almost always black
Carried whips and punished those who worked slowly or showed disrespect
New Climate, New Culture?:
New Climate, New Culture? West Indies were tropical like Africa but the Southern U.S. was much cooler
New foods (corn, squash, salted codfish) and language
Most African slaves, though traumatized, kept memories of African life and their value system