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【正文】 pecies. ? The Arawak and Carib people were pushed to extinction. A sugar plantation was a plex investment because it had to be a factory as well as a farm. Freshly cut cane needed to be crushed within a few hours to extract the sugary sap. Combined with soil exhaustion and deforestation, the ecological balance of the West Indies was altered by the introduction of cattle, pigs, horses, bananas, okra, yams, millet and shum. The Arawak (Taino) peoples of the large islands were wiped out by disease and abuse within fifty years of Columbus’s first voyage. B. Slaves Lives ? Society consisted of wealthy land owning plantocracy and slaves. ? Plantations had to extract as much labor as possible from its slaves. ? Slaves were both rewarded and punished for their work or lack of. Slaves cultivated their own crops on Sundays and had very little rest or relaxation, no education, and little family life. ? Disease, harsh working conditions, and dangerous mill machinery all contributed slaves short life expectancy. ? Occasional rebellions and frequently ran away. (Tacky in Jamaica) ? Planters sought to prevent rebellions by curtailing African cultural traditions, religions, and languages. A plantocracy consisted of a small number of very rich men who owned most of the slaves and most of the land. A privileged male slave, a “Driver”, ensured that the gang work was pleted. The “great gang” prised the strongest slaves, the second gang prised less fit slaves, and the “grass gang” was prised of children and the elderly. With 18 hour days, there was little time for recreation and relaxation, so slaves might sing in the fields to distract themselves from the fatigue and the monotony of the work. During a period of seasoning, 1/3 of imported slaves died from unfamiliar diseases. If they initially survived, the harsh working conditions, poor nutrition and dangerous mill machinery contributed to a life expectancy of 23 for males and for females. Dysentery Yaws Dangerous mill machinery Harsh working conditions C. Free Whites and Free Blacks ? In Saint Dominique, there were three groups of free people。 wealthy whites, less well off whites, and free blacks. ? Only a very wealthy man could afford the capital to invest in the land,
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