Status symbol

Definition

A possession or display used to show someone’s wealth and social importance.

Used by OCR

Paper 1

Keeping an African servant could be treated as a status symbol: employers used the person’s presence to display wealth and overseas connections. Many African servants were children, making them particularly dependent on the adults who controlled their lives.
Revise: Early African and Indian migrants

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GCSE History · key term

A possession or display used to show someone’s wealth and social importance.

Used by OCR

Paper 1

Keeping an African servant could be treated as a status symbol: employers used the person’s presence to display wealth and overseas connections. Many African servants were children, making them particularly dependent on the adults who controlled their lives.
Revise: Early African and Indian migrants

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