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How long did slaves work for?

During the winter, slaves toiled for around eight hours each day, while in the summer the workday might have been as long as fourteen hours.

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How did slaves make indigo?

Most of South Carolina's indigo production was done by slaves. Field slaves planted, weeded, and harvest the crop, while skilled indigo slaves worked to convert the plant to dye.

Moreover, what did slaves sleep?

Slaves on small farms often slept in the kitchen or an outbuilding, and sometimes in small cabins near the farmer's house. On larger plantations where there were many slaves, they usually lived in small cabins in a slave quarter, far from the master's house but under the watchful eye of an overseer.

By Marlena Dupont

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