Slaves of the Slave System Plantation agriculture was wasteful, largely because King Cotton and his money-hungry subjects despoiled the good earth; quick profits led to excessive cultivation, or âland butchery,â which in turn caused a heavy leakage of population to the West and NW.
It means that since most adults need 8-9 hours of sleep, they will need about 1.6-1.8 hours of deep sleep to feel fully functional next day. However, the time of deep sleep is changed and that's mainly due to the change in the sleep need of different group of people. For instance: Age Group.
Most adults need between six and nine hours of sleep each night. Some people can feel perfectly rested with a lower amount. Newborn babies can sleep for 16 hours a day, while school age children need an average of 10 hours. Most people over the age of 70 tend to be light sleepers and need less than six hours a night.