Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

House slaves had better lives than slaves who were forced to work in the fields?

house slaves had better lives than slaves who were forced to work in the fields.

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For a house slave, being sent to the fields was a punishment. The work was far more difficult and physically debilitating. Thus, working as a house slave was considered preferable to the fields.

He was jealous of his son; and jealousy of the overseer had kept him from punishing me by sending me into the fields to work.

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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl