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NYC_SKP

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1. It could easily be argued that household servitude was better than minimum wage.

Reply to El_Johns (Original post)

Sat Dec 14, 2013, 04:36 AM

Dec 2013

I wasn't there, I don't know, but the masters had an interest in keeping their workers healthy and, if fact, happy.

It's an opinion I have not based upon experience.

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It could easily be argued that household servitude was better than minimum wage. NYC_SKP Dec 2013 #1

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