Task Labor

question 51

Multiple Choice

Task labor:

• A) got its name for tasking the abilities of slaves; it was very difficult, complicated work.
• B) was an acronym for Take All Southerners' Knives, a secret organization of slaves planning an insurrection.
• C) always was controlled by an overseer.
• D) allowed slaves to take on daily jobs, set their own pace, and work on their own when they were done.
• E) was the most common form of slave labor organization in the South.

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