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At first my father owned slaves, but by and by he sold them, and hired others by the year from the farmers.
For a girl of 15 he paid 12 dollars a year and gave her 2 linsey-wolsey frocks and a pair of "stogy" shoes - cost, a modification of nothing;
for a negro woman of 25, as general house servant, he paid 25 dollars a year and gave her shoes and the aforementioned linsey-wolsey frocks;
for a strong negro woman of 40, as cook, washer, etc., he paid 40 dollars a year and the customary 2 suits of clothes;
and for an able bodied man, etc., he paid from 75 to a 100 dollars a year and gave him 2 suits of jeans and 2 pairs of "stogy" shoes - and outfit about 3 dollars. But times have changed. We pay our German nursemaid $155 a year; Irish housemaid, $150; Irish laundress, $ 150; negro woman, as cook, $240; young negro man, to wait on door and table, $360; Irish coachman, $600 a year, with gas, hot and cold water, and dwelling consisting of parlor, kitchen and 2 bedrooms, connected with the stable, free.
[я наконец-то начала читать автобиографию Марка Твена.]
For a girl of 15 he paid 12 dollars a year and gave her 2 linsey-wolsey frocks and a pair of "stogy" shoes - cost, a modification of nothing;
for a negro woman of 25, as general house servant, he paid 25 dollars a year and gave her shoes and the aforementioned linsey-wolsey frocks;
for a strong negro woman of 40, as cook, washer, etc., he paid 40 dollars a year and the customary 2 suits of clothes;
and for an able bodied man, etc., he paid from 75 to a 100 dollars a year and gave him 2 suits of jeans and 2 pairs of "stogy" shoes - and outfit about 3 dollars. But times have changed. We pay our German nursemaid $155 a year; Irish housemaid, $150; Irish laundress, $ 150; negro woman, as cook, $240; young negro man, to wait on door and table, $360; Irish coachman, $600 a year, with gas, hot and cold water, and dwelling consisting of parlor, kitchen and 2 bedrooms, connected with the stable, free.
[я наконец-то начала читать автобиографию Марка Твена.]
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14.03.2011 в 19:53