Great website, keep it up! Then, other foods made available to slaves are listed, including: bacon, molasses, potatoes, poultry, and eggs. Many slaves were given just enough food to survive, and thats all they would get for the rest of their life. Michael Twitty's visit to Monticello touched visitors like Cassandra Rockward O'Saben. The soups would consist of okra as the main ingredient along with vegetables and a thickening powder from sassafras leaves. Cuisines Of Enslaved Africans: Foods That Traveled Along With The Slave Ships