Use the excerpt and your knowledge of social studies to answer the question.
“Fixed gown for Prude, Mended Mother’s Riding Hood, Spun short thread, Fixed two gowns for Welsh’s girls, . . . Pleated and ironed, Read sermon of Dodridge’s, . . . Milked cows, . . . Made broom from Guinea wheat straw, Spun thread to whiten, Set a red dye, . . . Spun harness twice, Scoured pewter. . . .”
—Diary of Abigail Foote, of Colchester, Connecticut
Based on the list of chores, Abigail Foote is most likely _____.
a frontier woman
an apprentice
a young girl
an African American slave
