As we can see in figure 2.8, the role of colonial women was determined by their wealth and status. In the image, you could tell the women were unwilling to be near the young black slave boy, but are forced by the man (Mr. Potter) to act naturally by drinking tea. You could tell the lady on the far left and right seem like they are reluctant to drink the tea with the slave boy. I learned from the image that men dominated the lives of colonial women and that Women couldn’t go against men or argue with hm. It seems like the woman on the right next to Potter is his wife because she’s serving her friends or daughters tea. The wife looks a lot younger than the man, which could conclude that women at the time were to be married young and to a wealthy
