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Slavery in South Carolina

What is Slavery? Slavery is when one person is owned by another person. A slave is told what to do by his or her master.

Over 200 years ago, slaves were brought to the United States from West Africa. Let’s take a look at a map to see where Africa is located in relation to the United States.

It was a long journey for the slaves who were brought to the United States. It took weeks and even months for ships to sail from West Africa to the U. S.

Slave Ship

The journey from West Africa to the U. S. was very cruel and unhealthy.

When the African slaves were unloaded from the slave ships, many went to auction. An auction is where items are sold. Many white plantation owners did not view these Africans as people but as a piece of property. Plantation owners wanted slaves who were healthy and could do hard work. Let’s take a look at what an auction looked like.

Why did slavery come to South Carolina? Many English settlers who came from Barbados wanted to bring plantations to South Carolina and other surrounding places. Plantations depended on slaves.

Plantation Information

A Closer Look

Plantation Owner’s House

Inside the Plantation Owner’s House

Slave House

Inside a Slave House

Slaves Working in the Rice Fields

rice = money