Texas History Project
By: Cynthia Munoz
Slavery
House Slaves 3 main duties were to clean, cook, serve the meals, and took care of there mister and mistress children. The hardest task was to cook. They had to get up really early to cook breakfast and finish really late from finishing off dinner.
They didn't get there Sundays off they went to church with there master and mistress.
There advantage as a house slave was they had a better chance of reading and writing.
Field slaves
Field slaves had to work 18 hours a day. The children started working at age 12 like the adults.
House Slaves
This is what house slaves had to work with. They had to cook, clean, and take care of their master and mistress children.
Fredrerick Douglas
Frederick Douglass was against slavery and they used The Underground Railroad to help the slaves escape.
Slave Owners
The white slaves were located in South Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee.
Slavery was totally legal from 1654 to 1865. Slaves would usually be young males.
Aboltionist
Frederick Douglas was born in February 17, 1818 in Talbot, County and died in February 20 1859 in Washington D.C.
Robert E.Lee
Robert E.Lee commanded the Marines to capture John Brown at Harper's Ferry.
John Brown
John brown attacked Harpers's Ferry in 1859
The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad helped a lot of slaves escape. It started in the northern states and ended in Canada.