The correct answer is C) it was better to be a house servant than a fieldhand.
The other options of the question were A) it was better to be a field hand than a house servant. B) all overseers punished slaves harshly when they were uncooperative. D) house servants were able to vote in some southern states.
The main idea of the author's description of life's on a southern plantation was it was better to be a house servant than a fieldhand.
The author of the description was James Stirling. He explained that it was best to be a house servant because they are born and raised in the family they belonged to. But in the case of the fieldhands, their case was different. They worked in the large plantations of the south under harsh conditions and the inclement weather. The author said they were treated as "human cattle."
