LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861
SLAVERY IN AMERICA COTTON SLAVE TRADE AND THE SOUTHERN RESPONSE
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Question
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An overseers main job is
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to evaluate the price of slaves
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to teach the slaves to use new tools
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to helo slaves escape to the North
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to supervise the work of slaves
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -On a plantation where enslaved people were forced to work, it was the overseer’s job to make sure they were productive, ensuring that the plantation owner made as much money as possible. Overseers could, and often did, brutally punish enslaved workers.
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