How women helped sustain the slave trade
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The Discipline of Enslaved People
Some households decided that the mistress would manage and discipline the enslaved people who worked in the household. There were others who decided that mistresses would discipline the female enslaved people while the master would discipline the male enslaved people. So depending on the household in question, the disciplinary strategies and the strategies of management that reigned in those households could be very different.
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