When slavery was occuring, the South depended more on slavery than the rest of America due to economic reasons. Large plantations with more than 100 slaves such as, the Cameron Plantation, were rare and became extremely wealthy with the production of cotton. At the Cameron Plantation there was the slaves master, Duncan Cameron and the overseer of the whole plantation, Mr. Nichols. Jim was expected to follow the rules, which was to essentially do everything he was told. Jim had no rights and was seen as solely property to Mr. Nichols. In the encounter with Mr. Nichols, Jim did slightly resist. Mr. Nichols asked him a question and he refused to answer, resulting in the beating. Jim must have felt as if he was being treated unfairly in the situation.
