Which of the Following Accurately Describes Labor on Caribbean Sugar

question 31

Multiple Choice

Which of the following accurately describes labor on Caribbean sugar plantations?

• A) Slaves often dropped dead from exhaustion, working up to 16-hour days.
• B) Plantation managers, in order to have a healthy and productive workforce, provided their slaves with an adequate diet.
• C) Indentured Europeans and convicts provided the bulk of plantation labor.
• D) Family groups provided stability for Caribbean slave populations.

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