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Was Southwest Asia the primary market for African slaves where most slaves were used as field hands?
False - they were used as domestic servants not field hands. The massive use of African slaves as field hands was in the Carribean and Brazil (as well as the southern United States to a lesser extent).
Who was most valued slaves in the slave market 1815-1850 were male field hands and?
females of child-bearing age used as a means of increasing the slave population
What was the role of a slave in ancient Rome?
A slave's role or job was to do what he was trained to do or whatever his owner told him to do. They had various responsibilities depending on their education and skills. Some were cooks, some accountants, some secretaries, some farms hands, and some were in charge of children---any job you can think of could be carried out by a slave.
Who were the new hero during the cultural revolution?
the new hero was the peasant who worked with his or her hands. (they had no interest in creativity)
What was it like to live in a rustica villa?
By villa rustica you mean a country villa, the farmstead of was a landed estate. They had all the amenities of the times and many were self-supporting entities. Often the elite used them as retreats from the city or and did not get involved in the running of the farming activities, but some of them lived in the villas and they were hands on with its administration. With absentees landlords the estate was managed by a freedman or a slave who had an education and could do the bookkeeping.The villa had quarters for the workers (who were slaves) silos for the crops, pens and stables for the animals and facilities to produce sausages and other meats, and dairy products as well as cellars fro olive oil and wine. The slaves who worked in these activities in the villa had better lives and were better dressed than the slaves who worked in the fields of the estate.
What percentage of all slaves worked as field hands in 19th centruy?
8o to 90 percent
Was Southwest Asia the primary market for African slaves where most slaves were used as field hands?
False - they were used as domestic servants not field hands. The massive use of African slaves as field hands was in the Carribean and Brazil (as well as the southern United States to a lesser extent).
Most enslaved people on plantations worked as?
field hands!(:
What tools did field slaves use?
Slaves used different tools in the fields depending on what type work they were doing. In fields of cotton, some were given hoes but they mostly worked with their hands to pick the cotton and put them in sacks.
What type of work did slaves have to dowill?
Slaves did all different kinds of work. Some were household servants such as butlers and cooks. Some were skilled tradespeople such as woodcarvers and blacksmiths, but most were unskilled field hands.
How were slaves in ancient egypt treated?
Slaves were ranked at the bottom of Egyptian society. Slaves, like peasants, worked very hard. The more fortunate slaves worked in the homes of the rich. Household slaves were usually fairly treated, adequately fed and clothed. Other less fortunate slaves worked as labourers. They often were often naked and endured harsh treatment at the hands of their overseers.
Most black office holders in Reconstruction governments were illiterate former field hands?
Yes, because most were former slaves
What term refers to slaves who performed physical work out of doors usually involving farming and working on a plantation?
Those were "field hands".
How much was a slave sold for?
usually slaves were not sold, they were traded for other goods or services that the owner thought was the same amount the slave was worth. The price of a slave depended primarily on the age and physical condition of the slave. Other factors came into play such as whether or not the slave possessed special skills such as carpentry or masonry work etc. As a rule, the most expensive slaves (in the South) were known as "prime field hands" Prime field hands were always adult males who were in good physical condition, and between the ages of 20 and 45 years. The only slaves that occassionally brought higher prices than prime field hands were individuals who were highly accomplished artisan such as skilled carpenters or bricklayers. The price of slaves continually increased during the 1850s and '60s so that by 1865, prime field hands were regularly sold for well over $1,000 each.
What was the slavery in America?
if you mean when that would be in the early - mid 1800's if you mean what, they were African slaves brought over in slave ships used for house hands but mainly field hands on cotton plantations in the south or "confederacy" the north however did not own slaves and the civil war began ultimately leading to the freeing of all American slaves. hope this helps :)
On a well-established plantation slaves worked as?
Most of the slaves would have been "field hands", whose job was to plow, plant, cultivate and harvest the crops grown. This might be cotton, or rice, or sugar cane, plus usually some food crops to feed the plantation people and animals. A few of the slaves were trained in specialties, like black smithing, carpentry, and brick laying, to undertake any building projects necessary. As a man in one of those jobs got old, he would be given a likely youngster to train as his replacement. A few of the slaves got to work in the big house, with the master and his family. Usually the butler ran the household, and was top of the heap among the slaves. There were also cooks and cooks helpers, maids, laundry women, and so on. The household staff generally thought of themselves as superior to the field hands.
Who was most valued slaves in the slave market 1815-1850 were male field hands and?
females of child-bearing age used as a means of increasing the slave population
