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n |
Some
slaves held powerful
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positions
and gained
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freedom.
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n |
Most
unskilled slaves, many
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of
them Africans, worked
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under
terrible conditions.
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n |
A
rural, landed elite, the
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ayan,
emerged.
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n |
The
majority of peasants
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occupied
land as tenants and
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had
to give most of their
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harvest
to the owners.
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