The Peculiar Institution: Slavery In The 1800's

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Slavery was known as "The Peculiar Institution " in the 1800's. They were very important for work in the south. Slaves also had a hard time for families they created. Whenever slaves had a hard time with their master they would usually resist in many ways to survive. Then the slave's life was so unfair that the master would lash them even if they did nothing. The American law didn't even involve enslaved families. With the slaves very important to work for the south they would be penniless and would not be able to make profit out of the cotton.

In the slave's life there was a lot of depression and a lot of discrimination. Women often led a difficult and lonely life on the plantation. There was a lot of task that the slaves needed to do and "Some enslaved people worked in the house, cleaning, cooking, doing laundry, sewing, and serving meals"(Chapter 9, Page 429). Then in the plantations some of the farmers went to scout land and find new slaves. But mostly "enslaved African Americans, were field hands. They worked from sunrise to sunset planting, cultivating, and picking cotton and other crops"(Chapter 9 Page 430). For …show more content…
But the slave lives became more difficult because of the slave codes. Then southern states that controlled the slaves became more common. Some slaves also rebelled against their master. One of the salves was called Nat Turner, Turner led a short, Violent rampage in Southhampton County, Virginia, that ended in the death of at least 55 whites. But Rebellions of slaves were rare, Slaves in the south knew the only way they can lose if they do an armed rebellion, so they found other ways. For example, they will start breaking tools to delay their work and their master to go buy more, and some slaves go and set fire to a plantation building. But the most common way to resist is to act ill and work slowly throughout the
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