Life as a Slave #1631

Caption from poster__      “There are wrongs which even the grave does not bury.”     Life on the fields meant working sunup to sundown six days a week and having food sometimes not suitable for an animal to eat. Plantation slaves lived in small shacks with a dirt floor and little or no furniture. Life on large plantations with a cruel overseer was often times the worst. However, work for a small farm owner who was not doing well could mean not being fed. The stories about cruel overseers were certainly true in some cases. The over-seer was paid to get the most work out of the slaves; therefore, overseers often resorted to whatever means was necessary. Sometimes the slaves would drive the overseer off the plantation in desperation. When slaves complained that they were being unfairly treated, slave-holders would most often be very protective of their "property" andwould release the overseer. An some cases, a driver was used rather than an overseer. The difference between theoverseer a