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=Section 2: Slavery and Plantations =  =Slavery and Religion =  =Slave Rebellions  =
 * Slavery was a big part of the U.S. in the 1800’s. Some people owned slaves in the North but, most people in the South owned slaves. People in the South needed slaves more. They had large plantations that go on for miles, and they needed a lot of workers to tend to the plantation.
 * Slaves worked many places in the south. Some worked in cities, while others worked on plantations. On the plantations, slaves worked in the houses and outside. They worked for about 20 – 22 hours a day. They barely had any sleep and were treated poorly. If they didn’t do the day's work, they got punished. Sometimes they got a whipping.
 * Family life for slaves was very hard. Most people didn’t even try family life because they knew they were going to be separated. When they did try though, marriage wasn’t legally recognized, and children often were separated from their mothers. Some slaves ran away to see family members, while others ran away to have a family.
 * Even though slaves had hard life, they found time to have fun and practice religion. They had spirituals which are religious folk songs. They believed in their own bible and even though their masters tried to make them believe in slavery they did not listen. They had fun and strongly believed in Moese, who was most slaves' hero.
 * Slaves sometimes used religion to rebel against their masters. In the Spirituals they used codes which the overseers and masters did not understand.
 * Since slaves were treated poorly and unfair they lead many rebellions. Some were harmless while others were more intense.
 * The most famous rebellion was lead by Nat Turner in Virginia in 1831. On August 21, Nat and 70 other followers killed 55 white men, women, and children. He was later caught an was hanged.
 * Nat's Rebellion spread fear in the South. White men killed 200 African Americans in revenge. States passed laws to keep free blacks from having weapons and buying liquors. Slaves could not hold religious ceremonies who a white present. Postmen stopped delivering antislavery publications. The grip of slavery grew tighter in the South and tension over slavery increased between the South and the North.

  =Slave Families =


 * <span style="color: #9e1a1a; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; background-color: #ffffff;">Even though they were enslaved blacks tried to have families. Many tried even to have children. When they did most families tried to keep it secret. They did not want to be separated by their masters as a punishment. But when they were separated some ran away to see each other.
 * <span style="color: #9e1a1a; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; background-color: #ffffff;">Fredrick Douglass's mother visited him from 12 miles away. She would come to him at night, and bring him to sleep and long before he wakes she would leave him.

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