SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE SOUTHERN COLONIES SETTLEMENT AND GROWTH
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permanent
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temporary
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Enslaved people had to clear new land, dig ditches, cut and haul wood, slaughter livestock, and make repairs to buildings and tools. In many instances, they worked as mechanics, blacksmiths, drivers, carpenters, and in other skilled trades.
Detailed explanation-3: -During the winter, slaves toiled for around eight hours each day, while in the summer the workday might have been as long as fourteen hours.
Detailed explanation-4: -CONYERS READ. interested in the life span of slaves after they were given a full task. the average age at death was 41.8 years, while of those dying during I890-19I4 the average age at death was 50.2 years".