Plantation Overseers

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Plantation Overseers

Plantation overseers were responsible for managing the enslaved labor force on a plantation in accordance with planters' orders, including supervising daily operations and disciplining enslaved people. Overseers lived apart from planters' households, and typically lived near slave quarters. (Library of Congress; National Park Service)

Plantation overseers

Plantation overseers were responsible for managing the enslaved labor force on a plantation in accordance with planters' orders, including supervising daily operations and disciplining enslaved people. Overseers lived apart from planters' households, and typically lived near slave quarters. (Library of Congress; National Park Service)