Did black slaves also have a 2 year estimated life span once they reached the “new world” like the white slaves did?
This should shut up those who harp on black slavery once and for all time.
“Did black slaves also have a 2 year estimated life span once they reached the “new world” like the white slaves did?”
Would that be survival of the fittest?
Or you may want to review survival rates of African Slaves on sugar cane plantations.
“Did black slaves also have a 2 year estimated life span once they reached the “new world” like the white slaves did?”
Very True! They don’t teach a lot of detail in schools today. Case in point, having traveled our Country and visited many Museums while working as a road tech for over 3 decades.
Here’s one you won’t hear in a modern classroom.
Often times, .... when the Irish were brought to the Property of residence, the Property Owners could take nothing for granted. Irish slaves had to be instructed as to the correct way to use a Staircase. At first, - sometimes the slave would try to go up the stairs using / all their arms and legs. Similar to the way a dog might go up and down the stairs. These people never saw a staircase before. The Property owners would have to take the time, and teach them how to use the stairs, and keep upright while traversing the steps.
Yeah, it’s all there in the diaries and journals that have been preserved over the years. There are a lot of interesting details out there, ...... at least there used to be.
Most african slaves were shipped to Spanish mining and agriculture operations in South America. They died quickly from the brutality of the Spanish.
The slavery was different in America: quite a bit less brutal. A 2 year lifespan for a slave in South America I can believe. Less so for America.
A lot of slaves in America were used in manufacturing, not necessarily in agriculture.