Since wealthy couples often owned multiple homes and country estates with dozens or even hundreds of slaves, some of whom were educated and highly skilled, this responsibility was the equivalent of running a small corporation.
Budući da su bogati parovi često imali više kuća i seoskih imanja, s desecima i čak stotinama robova, od kojih su neki bili obrazovani i visoko kvalifikovani, ta je odgovornost bila jednaka upravljanju omanjom korporacijom.