SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
RISE OF THE SLAVE TRADE BLACK HISTORY IN COLONIAL AMERICA
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Question
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What were almost all slaves exposed to?
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heavy labor
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bad housing conditions
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poor medical care
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all of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Historically, there are many different types of slavery including chattel, bonded, forced labour and sexual slavery.
Detailed explanation-2: -The vast majority of enslaved Africans employed in plantation agriculture were field hands. Even on plantations, however, they worked in other capacities. Some were domestics and worked as butlers, waiters, maids, seamstresses, and launderers. Others were assigned as carriage drivers, hostlers, and stable boys.
Detailed explanation-3: -In chattel slavery, the slave is legally rendered the personal property (chattel) of the slave owner. In economics, the term de facto slavery describes the conditions of unfree labour and forced labour that most slaves endure.
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