How much did slaves get paid?
Enslaved people working in important positions—such as butler Burwell Colbert and woodworker John Hemmings—received annual "gratuities" of $15 or $20. ...
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How did slaves cope?
Enslaved people adopted a variety of mechanisms to cope with the degrading realities of life on the plantation. They resisted ...
How did slaves cope?
Enslaved people adopted a variety of mechanisms to cope with the degrading realities of life on the plantation. They resisted ...
What do slaves not have knowledge about?
"I have no accurate knowledge of my age," Douglass states; nor can he positively identify his father (p. ... This ...
