Work in tobacco fields was done by either African Slaves or indentured servants.
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A messor was the village official responsible for the work done in the fields.
Either in a pan, fried, boiled, or broile. Over an open fire ; a spit. An oven All the heating was done by wood/charcoal/vegetable oil fires. Mineral (Crude) oil, coal , gas and electricity were not known. Also as foodstuffs, potatoes and tomatoes were not known. They were imported from the Americas by Sir Walter Raleigh, together with sugar and tobacco. Potatoes, Tomatoes, Tobacco, ans Sugar Cane are indigenous plants to the Americas.
There are plenty of social activities including sports. Other social activities including making music in bands or choirs for example.
Unemployment, Poverty, prejudiced treatment by white people around them, under payment for work done, a justice system that was slanted against them and an education system that deliberately made it hard for them.and lots died and were killed
As an American woman I would have worked for the Red Cross and done war bond fund drives. I would have helped the women's auxiliaries just as my mother and aunt and grandmother had done during the war. My mother was in medical school so she was able to do a little to help the Red Cross with blood drives. Now if I was a Hollywood beauty I probably would work in the USO entertaining the armed forces.