3 marksExperiences and Strategies of Survival of Enslaved Peoples

CAPE History Unit 1 · 2015 · Paper 2 · Question 4(d)(i)

European indentured servants were generally treated as chattel by their master. With reference to Documents I, II and III, suggest ONE possible reason why they were so treated.

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4(a)With reference to Document I, outline THREE ways in which European indentured servants were obtained to work in the Caribbean.[6 marks]
4(b)With reference to Document II, explain THREE features of the conditions under which European indentured servants worked.[9 marks]
4(c)With reference to Document III, give THREE examples of how indentured servants responded to or resisted the conditions under which they laboured.[6 marks]
4(d)(ii)With reference to Documents I, II and III, give TWO explanations for the ending of European indentureship.[6 marks]

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