This work in the fields done, the labor of the day is not yet ended, by any means. Each one must then attend to his respective chores. One feeds the mules, another the swine-another cuts the wood, and so forth; besides the packing is all done by candle light. Finally at a late hour, they reach the quarters, sleepy and overcome with the long days toil. Each one receives as his weekly allowance, three and a half pounds of bacon, and corn enough to make a pec of meal
The fear of punishment...possesses them again on lying down to get a snatch of rest. It is the fear of over sleeping in the morning. Such an offense would certainly by attended with not less than twenty lashes.
-Narrative Solomon Northup
The narrator of the passage above is describing the lifestyles of -
poor white indentured servants living during the colonial time frame
freedmen living in the North prior to the Dred Scott decision
Western European immigrants living in urban setting
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