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c) No
You would find slave children playing these games. Although everyone enjoyed marbles, slave children also played a number of “make-believe games” that often reflected what they saw in everyday life. “Switching” involved hitting each other with reed switches, much like they saw older slaves being punished by the overseer or master. “Auction” involved pretending they were at a slave auction: one child was the auctioneer and the others would be slaves standing to be sold. Sometimes, even the master’s children would play along too.
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