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flowergirljo
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On slave plantations, were there different names for the different jobs done in the fields?
During around the 1780s
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herappleness Teacher
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Posted by herappleness on Wednesday June 24, 2009 at 1:53 PMThe most accurate report of field hands in a Plantation came from Mt. Vernon, where George Washington resided. In the document, it states which jobs were performed by men and which were performed by women.
Jobs by women included: milking, weaving, cooking, basket making, tobacco stripping, house servant, washing, and more.
Male jobs included: bricklayer, raising and killing the hogs, overseer, blacksmith, carpenter, plowing, gardening, planting the corn, drive the wagon.
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