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In the pre-Civil War American South a house slave worked in the Master's house rather than in the fields. House slaves served as butlers, maids, cooks, nannies, washerwomen, and the like.
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Who looked after owners house and family on southern plantations?
House slaves looked after the owners house and family on Southern plantations. House slaves were selected from the most well-behaved of the field slaves. House slaves cooked the meals, cleaned the house, did the laundry, and looked after the children.
What jods like for people in Ancient Rome?
life back then was very difficult, not just for slaves but for others as well. slaves life was most difficult because, they did not have one job they had many jobs, like; ~house slaves ~gladiatiors ~etc.
What is slaves housing?
A safe house is a house that slaves are safe in. An abolitionists usually owned the house and slaves knew it was a safe house by a light in the window! <There were other ways but that was the main one.>
Did viking slaves sleep inside the owner's long house?
The Vikings had slaves. The slaves slept in the owner's house on the floor.
How was the life of the house slaves the same as the field slaves?
they were both slaves
What was a slave house?
a slave house was a place where someone who owned slaves kept the slaves at
Did slaves like their job?
no
How was life different for slaves that worked in the home than slaves that worked in the fields?
Life for "house slaves" was easier for slaves working on plantations. The house slaves thought than they were better than the slaves on the plantations.
What jobs were Egyptian women was allowed not hold?
the could not be scribes only slaves,farmers or maybe pharaohs
What was different between house and field slaves?
House slaves were treated better than field slaves. Field slaves were worked hard by a (usually cruel) overseer, while house slaves worked inside, out of the heat, under a normally slightly kinder person.
What where two types of slaves?
there was a house slaves' and the field slaves';)that's all i know of.
What did house slaves do?
House slaves cooked and cleaned, and got rather better food than field slaves. Some house slaves were lucky enough to be taught to read and write by the wives or mothers.They also had better living conditions.
