House Slave Research Paper

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However, house/inner-city slaves had a much different experience. The threat of being whipped was still common, along with the to-obvious-to-even-say, overt racism. To be optimistic, being a house slave was like doing chores for a living. Depending on the master/mistress, being a house slave could be about as hard as being a child. They would usually clean and do errands for their master/mistress and were given time to themselves. Being fed enough, having less physical labor, and being warm when it’s cold, (and vice versa), house slaves seem to have and simpler, calmer, stress-less life. However, it is always dependent on the master. A house slave that is whipped and beaten every day by a ruthless, maleficent master is worse than a nice,