A low percentage of slaves were actually domestic servants, working in a planter’s main house as cooks, nursemaids and coachmen. An even lower percent of slaves worked as laborers or as craftsmen. It was rare that slaves would become mill or factory workers, but a mass percent of slaves were field hands, picking cotton, rice, sugar cane and tobacco. The occupational distribution for slaves reflected the nature of the economy for the South. A region that was agricultural and rural with very little industrial and urbanization compared to the
A low percentage of slaves were actually domestic servants, working in a planter’s main house as cooks, nursemaids and coachmen. An even lower percent of slaves worked as laborers or as craftsmen. It was rare that slaves would become mill or factory workers, but a mass percent of slaves were field hands, picking cotton, rice, sugar cane and tobacco. The occupational distribution for slaves reflected the nature of the economy for the South. A region that was agricultural and rural with very little industrial and urbanization compared to the