SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
RISE OF THE SLAVE TRADE BLACK HISTORY IN COLONIAL AMERICA
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What is the definition of the word Overseer?
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a person who supervises a large operation or its workers
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the area of a ship below deck that was used for storing cargo, including slaves
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laws passed in the Southern states that controlled and restricted enslaved people
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a trade route that exchanged goods between the West Indies/Colonies, Europe, and West Africa
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -An overseer is a boss or manager. On a road crew that’s busy fixing potholes, the overseer is the person who supervises the other workers.
Detailed explanation-2: -: a person who oversees others : a person with supervisory responsibilities. Her insider status was cemented in 1988 with a stint as … overseer of the party’s nominating convention.
Detailed explanation-3: -OTHER WORDS FOR overseer chief, head, boss, director.
Detailed explanation-4: -Overseer sentence example. In 1884-1890 he was an overseer of Harvard College. Bancroft was “the chief overseer” of the authorized version of the Bible. The system had an office, Overseer of the Poor, in each of 1, 500 parishes.
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