The patrols apprehended slaves outside of plantations, and they raided homes and any type of gathering, searching for anything that might lead to insurrection. During times of insurrection ...

Brutal physical punishment, psychological abuse and endless hours of hard labor without compensation drove many slaves to risk their lives to escape plantation life. The death of a master usually ...

Life in the Southern plantations was often terrible. The treatment of enslaved people could be very harsh.

A sugar plantation on Antigua, 1823. The hard work of planting and harvesting sugar led to long hours for the enslaved African workforce. An engraving depicting enslaved Africans being auctioned ...