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Found this in a rather obscure title published in 1993 by Writer's Digest Books and authored by Mark McCutcheon. (Everyday Life in the 1800s. )It is a virtual treasure chest off some obscure and some quite familiar phrases and usages and (perhaps) facts of life in the 1800s. This was too juicy to not share:
A job breakdown of 67 slaves on a typical 1854 plantation:
1 butler
2 parlor maids
1 cook
4 housemaids
1 washerwoman
1 seamstress
1 gardener
1 coachman
4 plowmen
22 hoe hands
2 wagon drivers
4 drovers
2 stablehands
1 cowman
1 pigman
2 carpenters
5 masons
1 miller
2 smiths
2 shoemakers
5 spinning girls
1 weaving girl
How many know what a "fip" is? An elevenpence? A bit?
One more: 47 percent of Union soldiers and 61 percent of Confederates were either farmers or had farm- or plantation-related jobs before the war.
Ole
A job breakdown of 67 slaves on a typical 1854 plantation:
1 butler
2 parlor maids
1 cook
4 housemaids
1 washerwoman
1 seamstress
1 gardener
1 coachman
4 plowmen
22 hoe hands
2 wagon drivers
4 drovers
2 stablehands
1 cowman
1 pigman
2 carpenters
5 masons
1 miller
2 smiths
2 shoemakers
5 spinning girls
1 weaving girl
How many know what a "fip" is? An elevenpence? A bit?
One more: 47 percent of Union soldiers and 61 percent of Confederates were either farmers or had farm- or plantation-related jobs before the war.
Ole
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