USA HISTORY

SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732

FOUNDING OF THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Workers who were treated as property were called ____
A
Slave
B
Indentured Servant
C
Maid
D
Merchant
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Referred to as “house negroes", they had a higher status and standard of living than a field slave or “field negro” who worked outdoors.

Detailed explanation-2: -Historically, there are many different types of slavery including chattel, bonded, forced labour and sexual slavery.

Detailed explanation-3: -The treatment of slaves in the United States often included sexual abuse and rape, the denial of education, and punishments like whippings. Families were often split up by the sale of one or more members, usually never to see or hear of each other again.

Detailed explanation-4: -: work that is done by enslaved people or by people who are treated as though they are enslaved. prisoners being forced to do slave labor. a slave labor camp. : enslaved people doing work. The pyramids were built by slave labor.

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