What is the main idea of the author description of life's on a southern plantation

The correct answer is C) it was better to be a house servant than a fieldhand.

The other options of the question were A)  it was better to be a field hand than a house servant. B) all overseers punished slaves harshly when they were uncooperative. D) house servants were able to vote in some southern states.

The main idea of the author's description of life's on a southern plantation was it was better to be a house servant than a fieldhand.

The author of the description was James Stirling. He explained that it was best to be a house servant because they are born and raised in the family they belonged to. But in the case of the fieldhands, their case was different. They worked in the large plantations of the south under harsh conditions and the inclement weather. The author said they were treated as "human cattle."

bloodiest single day of war   |   gettysburg

where the civil war ends for good   | appomattox court house

the first major land battle; south wins | bull run/manassas (va)

gives union control of the mississippi river |   vicksburg

lee’s first tactical defeat; big win for union |   fort sumter1

with lincoln's re-election |   atlanta

south wins

splits confederacy in two for the duration of the war,

antietam