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Re: Paying slaves
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James Brothers <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 24 Jun 2007 13:05:10 -0400
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I do not have a reference, but I remember being told during a visit  
to Williamsburg a few years ago that slaves provided many of the eggs  
and vegetables eaten in the town. And were paid for them. In the iron  
industry it was common at least in the mid 1800s for skilled slaves  
(as at Buffalo Forge or Tredegar) to be assigned a quota. After they  
fulfilled this quota they were paid at the same piece rate as the  
White employees.

James Brothers, RPA
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