Question

Maggie, was an African American slave who worked at a plantation. Her typical day included a full day of domestic chores plus a full day of work outside the home. She also acted as a mammy to the plantation owners children, apart from raising her own children. Maggie's was experiencing a situation referred to as

Answer 1

Answer:

"double burden" or "second shift"

Explanation:

"Double burden" is also known as second shift, double duty or double day. This is a type of workload in which a person tries to work hard in order to earn money and in addition to this, he also does domestic chores which are unpaid.

Maggie is experiencing such situation above. Since she is a slave (African American slave), she needed to work hard inside her home and outside of it. She also acted as a "Mammy," a black woman who takes care of a white family's children. This was very prominent during the "Reconstruction Era." As a Mammy, she is unpaid for her labor. Such situation used to be accepted in the society when discrimination was not yet banned.

Thus, this explains the answer.