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What was colonial life like for free and enslaved African Americans in the North?

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On large tobacco plantations, the field slaves usually lived in cabins grouped together in the slave quarter, which was farther away from the master's house but under the watchful eye of an overseer. Although large plantations had many enslaved people, most owners usually had fewer than five, including children.

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