Here, too, the slaves of all the other farms received their monthly allowance of food, and their yearly clothing. the men and women slaves received, as their monthly allowance of food, eight pounds of pork, or its equivalent in fish, and one bushel of corn meal. their yearly clothing consisted of two coarse linen shirts, one pair of linen trousers, like the shirts, one jacket, one pair of trousers for winter, made of coarse negro cloth, one pair of stockings, and one pair of shoes; the whole of which could not have cost more than seven dollars. the allowance of the slave children was given to their mothers, or the old women having the care of them. the children unable to work in the field had neither shoes, stockings, jackets, nor trousers, given to them; their clothing consisted of two coarse linen shirts per year. when these failed them, they went naked until the next allowance-day. which best summarizes the information found in paragraph three? a) seven dollars could buy a lot more in the 1800's than it can today. b) slaves were provided with an absolute mininum of food and clothing to survive. c) wealthy masters and landowners were often unwilling to sell or punish their slaves. d) slave children were cared for by their mothers or other slave women too old to work.
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B) Slaves were provided with an absolute mininum of food and clothing to survive.
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