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.
Dado que as parellas ricas a miúdo posuían varias vivendas e casas de campo con ducias ou mesmo centos de escravos —algúns dos cales estaban educados e altamente cualificados—, esta responsabilidade era equivalente a dirixir unha pequena compañía.