Freedom, Enslavement and Resistance

It was a secret code used to plan rebellions.

It was a dialect of English spoken by enslavers.

It was a creole language that combined West African languages and English, preserving African heritage.

It was a form of sign language used by enslaved people.

Cooking and cleaning

Planting and harvesting crops

Blacksmithing and carpentry

Childcare

Painting

Basket-weaving

Tailoring

Music

Planting cotton

Cooking meals

Harvesting tobacco

Tending to livestock

Domestic labor involved working in fields, while agricultural labor involved working in households.

Domestic labor primarily involved childcare and cooking, while agricultural labor involved planting and harvesting crops.

Domestic labor was less physically demanding than agricultural labor.

There was no significant difference between domestic and agricultural labor.

East and West

North and South

Urban and Rural

Coastal and Inland

The gang system allowed for the preservation of linguistic practices, while the task system fostered work songs.

The gang system fostered work songs, while the task system allowed for the preservation of linguistic practices.

Both systems equally suppressed African cultural practices.

Neither system had any impact on the preservation of African cultural practices.

The gang system involved individual work, while the task system involved group work.

The gang system involved working until a quota was met, while the task system involved working from sunrise to sunset.

The gang system involved group work from sunrise to sunset, while the task system involved individual work until a daily quota was met.

There is no significant difference between the gang and task systems.

Rice and indigo

Wheat and corn

Cotton, sugar, and tobacco

Fruits and vegetables

To entertain enslavers

To coordinate labor and foster unity

To communicate secret messages to other plantations

To express joy and contentment