The tasking system provided slaves with a finite set of jobs which, if completed to satisfaction, would then allow the opportunity for other jobs for profit or cultivation of personal farm plots. What was the advantage of this for slaveholders?
a) Slaves worked to improve their own condition and may have been less likely to run away from this arrangement.
b) Slaves earned their freedom and became part of the slaveholder’s household.
c) This arrangement circumvented certain legal restrictions on slavery in the southern colonies.
d) The tasking system was clearly more profitable than other forms of managing a plantation.
Answer: a
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