Chorus:
It was a hard life for slaves to stand
To be captured and taken from their homeland
It was a hard unfair life for slaves to endure
To be taken from Africa, brought to American shores
Proprietors in the south had plantations, large farms worked on by slaves
Cotton Cash Crops made good profit stations, but the slaves never got paid
The plantation owners had seaports, just like the ones in the northeast
Many goods were bought and sold there and that's where they marketed slavery
Chorus:
It was a hard life for slaves to stand
To be captured and taken from their homeland
It was a hard unfair life for slaves to endure
To be taken from Africa, brought to American shores
Overseers were the ones in charge of the slaves and many of them were cruel
Many slaves were separated from their families and weren't allowed to go to school
Southern plantation owners had fertile soil most year round
Slaves would pick cotton all day, sleep in one room cabins kept them down
Chorus:
It was a hard life for slaves to stand
To be captured and taken from their homeland
It was a hard unfair life for slaves to endure
To be taken from Africa, brought to American shores
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