USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -As a result of this high infant and childhood death rate, the average life expectancy of a slave at birth was just 21 or 22 years, compared to 40 to 43 years for antebellum whites. Compared to whites, relatively few slaves lived into old age.

Detailed explanation-2: -Shirts for men were generally made of osnaburg (unbleached coarse linen), while stockings referred to either plaid hose that were woolen, loose-fitting, and not patterned, or knitted stockings made on the plantation. The majority of enslaved people probably wore plain unblackened sturdy leather shoes without buckles.

Detailed explanation-3: -Slaves received an allotment of clothing by two chief methods. Some were given a quantity of cloth to construct garments themselves with the expectation was that the woman of the house would make clothing for her entire family. Others were given a handful of garments meant to last through the season.

Detailed explanation-4: -Historically, there are many different types of slavery including chattel, bonded, forced labour and sexual slavery. The key characteristics of slavery are ones generally agreed such as the loss of freedom of movement and legal rights.