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To: Tax-chick; Homer_J_Simpson
Very interesting information in the next excerpt about the economic conditions for the slaves.

The monthly allowance appears to be on top of subsistence gardening, fishing, etc (recall Grandma Betsy from Chapter 1).

While the living conditions seem harsh by today's standards, they don't strike me as much different from those of poor whites in that era.

Note the monthly corn allowance, a southern dietary staple unwittingly responsible for the scourge of Pellagria http://www.eufic.org/article/en/artid/origins-maize-pellagra/

361 posted on 12/27/2015 5:11:38 PM PST by fso301
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To: fso301

Good points. I remember reading about the experiment that proved pellagra was a B-vitamin deficiency.


362 posted on 12/28/2015 2:31:24 AM PST by Tax-chick (Maximizing my cultural appropriation.)
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