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A Day And A Life Of A Slave

 Men and women had to work eighteen hours a day. Sunrise to sunset. After all that work on the field they would line up and weigh their cotton. After they weighed it they would get their daily food. If it was blazing hot that day the slaves would get 2 breaks during the day. Mostly it would be in the midday. Pregnant women had to work until the day they had their baby. After having their baby they would still have to work on the land while carrying the baby on their back.

 They had to do back breaking work and were forced. If they didn't obey the Overseers or their Masters request they would be punished. Cruelty and unjustness. They could be kicked, punched, smacked, mutilated, whipped, branded, submerged in water, pushed, shoved, tied up, tarred and feathered, hit by paddles, body parts could be cut off, murdered, and more. They could even be sold.

What America did back then was inhuman. It's something we don't like talking about.Today we all can look at each other and be very proud.