Question

Which best describes a difference between enslaved people in cities and those on plantations in the 1800s?
a. Enslaved people in cities were not considered to be property, while enslaved people on plantations were thought of as property.
b. Enslaved people in cities often kept some of their wages, while enslaved people on plantations never received any wages.
c. Enslaved people on plantations could learn a trade or a skill, while enslaved people in cities were thought of as unskilled labor.
d. Enslaved people on plantations did less manual labor, while enslaved people in cities spent more hours doing backbreaking work

Answer 1

Thank you for the question. 

Keeping in view the above given statement, the difference between enslaved people in cities and those on plantations in the 1800s was; 

(a) Enslaved people in cities were not considered to be property, while enslaved people on plantations were thought of as property.

The slaves in the plantations were traded as the animals. They were shaved, washed and put to work. They had low wages and had to work hard. However, the slaves in cities had better conditions. 

Answer 2

A. Enslaved people in cities were not considered to be property, while enslaved people on plantations were thought of as property describes a difference between enslaved people in cities and those on plantations in the 1800s.

Slavery is an economic system, that relies on the free labor of enslaved people and denies those people their freedom and what we today call their ‘human rights’ .