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William Bird's Plantation And Its Effects On Slave Health

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Plantations varied on slave health depending on owner. A plantation would be quite hard to run with people getting sick constantly and passing it on to one and other. The Thomas Jefferson Foundation states, “The health of a planter’s work force was critical to economic success. All slave illnesses had to be reported to a farm’s overseer or owner, under pain of punishment.” mid 16th century french nobleman went to visit William Bird’s plantation. Slaves were often very healthy, and the some of the best methods back then were herbal substances. Overtime some plantation owners decided they teach one or few of their slaves about herbs and medicines. This proved to be bad for the plantation owners because slaves who knew good plants, also knew
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