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13 3 the slave system
- 2. VOCABULARY
Folktale: A story that often
provides a moral lesson
Spiritual: Emotional Christian
song that blends African and
European music
- 3. THE WORK OF A SLAVE
Most slaves worked in the fields
• Gang-labor system
- 5. THE WORK OF A SLAVE
Some slaves worked as servants in
the plantation home
- 6. THE WORK OF A SLAVE
• Had better food, clothing, shelter
• But had to work longer hours
- 7. THE WORK OF A SLAVE
Some slaves worked at skilled jobs
• Could sometimes buy their own
freedom
- 8. THE RIGHTS OF A SLAVE
Slaves were property & had no
rights
Could be bought and sold at
auction
Families
were
separated
- 15. CHALLENGING THE
SYTEM
Very hard to fight back
• Could work slower
• Try to escape
- 16. REVOLTS
Slave revolts were very rare
Most violent slave revolt:
•1831 in Virginia
• Started by a slave named Nat
Turner