House slaves suffered more frequent cruelty despite lighter physical labor

Evidence

The popular notion that black slaves working in the white household were automatically the recipients of preferential treatment is not always substantiated by the personal accounts of slaves. House slaves were less subjected to the physical hardships that beset field workers, but they were more likely to suffer endless cruelty and torture because they were constantly in the presence of demanding mistresses and masters. — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 63

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Egyptian household slavery was comparatively milder than American plantation slavery — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 662; House slaves actively negotiated and resisted their distinctive form of bondage.; Domestic slaves were most likely freed but also most exposed to exploitation. (+1 more)

Related

• Most Egyptian slaves were single household domestics embedded in intimate families. (similarity 0.83)
• House slaves actively negotiated and resisted their distinctive form of bondage. (similarity 0.81)
• Egyptian household slavery was comparatively milder than American plantation slavery (similarity 0.81)
• Exhausted enslaved workers were beaten with whips by foremen regardless of age or sex (similarity 0.79)
• Egyptian domestic slavery was milder than American plantation slavery, though capture was brutal. (similarity 0.79)
• House slaves actively contested their servitude despite their privileged position. (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Domestic slaves were most likely freed but also most exposed to exploitation. #corroborates (0.70)
• House slaves actively negotiated and resisted their distinctive form of bondage. #expands (0.40)
• Exhausted enslaved workers were beaten with whips by foremen regardless of age or sex #contradicts (0.30) — Stella Dadzie, A Kick in the Belly- Women, Slavery and…, 194