Overseers punish slaves if they misbehave. They can also be responsible for finding runaway slaves. They answer to the owner of the plantation and cannot disobey or else they'll get fired.
a slave went to the store without permission and when he came back the overseer was mad and wanted to whip him. the overseer asked Harriet to do it, but she refused and when the slaved tried to runaway he threw a weight at him and missed and hit harriet in the forehead almost crushing her skull.
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the overseer ran the plantation maybe buy slaves
In 1837 there were 12 states that were slave.
Slave quarters were also known as the 'Slave cabins' Slave cabins are where the slaves back then would live in Answer by- Sophia Woods
In colonial times, an overseer was the boss of day-to-day slave activities. The overseer did whatever he needed to do to make sure slaves did their job.
An overseer or slave driver
He asked the overseer to let him take another slave (Mary) as a wife. They were given leave to marry.
she was sent to the market by her master and a slave went to the village without permission. the master of the slave ordered harriet to hold down the slave but harriet refused and let the slave run by her. angry, the master picked up a 2 pound weight and threw it. it struck harriet in the forehead and knocked her unconsious. for the rest of her life she was struck with sleeping spells where she fell asleep any time or anywhere.
Slaves were sometimes tasked with overseeing the work and behavior of other slaves, and may have punished them in order to maintain control and prevent rebellion. Punishing other slaves could also be a way for some slaves to gain favor with their owners and potentially improve their own living conditions.
Jack was promoted to overseer of the manufacturing department.
The singular possessive is overseer's; for example:One of the overseer's duties is to keep a record of all transactions.
I am the overseer of your imminent death.
what will be your work if u are a copound overseer
She didn't have seizures, instead she would fall asleep without warning. This was caused by an accident when she was 14. When one of the field hand slaves ran away, the slave overseer chased after him, but so did Harriet. When the slave tried to escape through a doorway in a store that he had run into trying to escape, the overseer threw a weight at the slave, meaning for it to hit him, but it hit Harriet, who was standing in the doorway. Harriet surprisingly lived, but from then on, Harriet could fall asleep at any given time.
A couple of synonyms for overseer are foreman and master.
a slave went to the store without permission and when he came back the overseer was mad and wanted to whip him. the overseer asked Harriet to do it, but she refused and when the slaved tried to runaway he threw a weight at him and missed and hit harriet in the forehead almost crushing her skull.