Colonial America – pt 2 – Persona

My name is Maggie Peterson. I am a plantation owner. I was married when I was 15 years old to someone named Jeffery. Scott Peterson’s wife shot him. He divorced his wife. A year later when I was 16 years old I ran in to Scott Peterson. We got married a week after that. One month after we met we were going to have a baby named Emma Peterson. So we moved to Scott’s parents plantation and soon we became the plantation owners. Right now I am 20, Scott is 22 and Emma is 5.  I get to do the woman’s role on a plantation. It may not seem like it is an important job but it is a really important job. There are so many things I get to do to keep this colony successful. Some things I do are manage the slaves. I get to choose if I am going to be good to them or mean to them and I choose to be good. If a slave is having a baby I help deliver the baby. When an unexpected guest comes I have to offer them a meal and a place to stay. Other things I do are clean the house, take care of Emma, take care of sick slaves,  help Scott in fields, run the household, and I give children lessons. Also I plan parties and I am expected to be a good host since it reflects on Scott. I give directions to slaves on meal preparation , manage the big house, and I supervise the woman’s workshop.

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  1. I never knew what a plantation owner did! But now that I read this blog post I now know a lot more about plantation owners!

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