In my second WIP, the protagonist is a teenage servant boy in a Nicaraguan hacienda. I've done some research on the details of daily life, but have come up with nothing (I did find some stuff on the United Fruit Company. Useful for understanding the background). Does anyone know of any books in English which discuss the living conditions of house servants in a hacienda (the actual house) in
Nicaragua? or any books in English on the lives of domestic servants in colonial Central America? (of course this would differ by country).
I'm looking for something that would answer these questions. What and when did servants in a hacienda eat? Specifically, did haciendas have the equivalent of a scullery in British houses? Was it possible that there would be a scullion (male) instead of a scullery maid (female)? What about a servant with "combined duties" (someone who's both cook and housekeeper)?
(The protagonist is the scullion. Is this plausible? (the hacienda, as a whole, is a banana plantation). BTW, all my knowledge about the historical life of servants is from Britain.)
Nicaragua? or any books in English on the lives of domestic servants in colonial Central America? (of course this would differ by country).
I'm looking for something that would answer these questions. What and when did servants in a hacienda eat? Specifically, did haciendas have the equivalent of a scullery in British houses? Was it possible that there would be a scullion (male) instead of a scullery maid (female)? What about a servant with "combined duties" (someone who's both cook and housekeeper)?
(The protagonist is the scullion. Is this plausible? (the hacienda, as a whole, is a banana plantation). BTW, all my knowledge about the historical life of servants is from Britain.)
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