What was one way that life changed for female slaves in the Chesapeake after the war?
A) Textile production replaced tobacco farming, and most female slaves were removed from the fields and put to work at cotton looms.
B) Male slaves were given more skilled jobs as artisans while women inherited the more labor-intensive and disagreeable work associated with farming.
C) Cities grew in the Chesapeake, and the majority of female slaves were moved from the fields to work in new iron and textile factories.
D) With a rise in demand for more slaves, many Chesapeake planters removed their female slaves of childbearing age from field work in hopes of increasing their fertility.
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