SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE SOUTHERN COLONIES SETTLEMENT AND GROWTH
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women washed, cooked, cleaned, and sewed
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men drove carriages and took care of horses
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had no contact with the planter’s family
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -House slaves performed largely the same duties as all domestic workers throughout history, such as cooking, cleaning, serving meals, and caring for children; however, their slave status could expose them to greater abuses, including physical punishments and use as a sexual slave.
Detailed explanation-2: -Besides planting and harvesting, there were numerous other types of labor required on plantations and farms. Enslaved people had to clear new land, dig ditches, cut and haul wood, slaughter livestock, and make repairs to buildings and tools.
Detailed explanation-3: -Megasthenes, the Seleucid ambassador at the Mauryan court, has commented on the absence of slaves in India, but this is contradicted by Indian sources. Domestic slaves were a regular feature in prosperous households, where the slaves were of low caste status but not outcastes.
Detailed explanation-4: -Life on the fields meant working sunup to sundown six days a week and having food sometimes not suitable for an animal to eat. Plantation slaves lived in small shacks with a dirt floor and little or no furniture. Life on large plantations with a cruel overseer was oftentimes the worst.