Slaves don't get much in return for their work. Something that they do get is shelter, but most of the time, the shelter is small and is shared with other slaves. Most indentured servants died before meeting the end of their working terms. In order to become an indentured servant, the person or their relatives would create a contract with someone who was willing to fulfill the indentured servants' wants. Indentured servants usually have a contract to work for 5-7 years to work off their debt.
In past history, enslavement of another was usually the result of an unpaid debt, the spoils of a victorious war, or the consequences of a crime. Enslavement of another human life without reason, however, is a critical sign of the downfall of humanity. In American history, slavery warped from being temporary servitude of any immigrant or unemployed citizen in the hopes of helping them in the end into lifetime enslavement of Africans with no pay and very little hope of escaping the harsh conditions employed by enslavement. Not only did enslavement of the Africans occur, but the harsh racism that formed towards them only worsened their conditions, with the white society’s hate being expressed negatively towards the slaves. Since the time of slavery, many scholars and historians have studied the American enslavement of the Africans to further understand the cause.
Clad only in the rags your master provided. I will use information found in a number of narratives; the narratives of Charlie Aarons, Davis Louisa, Jennie Kendricks, Robinson Augustus, Barber Rosa, to explain slave life and living conditions on slave plantations. The life of a slave on the plantations or in their masters’ households, was very uncertain and a difficult struggle. Uncertainty in the lives of these slaves hindered many of their plans from happening. Starting stable families and relationships was tough and almost impossible due to fear of what the uncertain future held for them; this however, does not mean that there were no cases of successful slave relationships.
The male indentured servants outnumbered the female indentured servants and their average age was 15-25. The contract would state what the indentured servant was and was not allowed to do. They were not allowed to marry unless they had the permission of the master or employer, they were not allowed to vote, purchase personal items, marry without permission they could not even come and go as they pleased. Indentured servants would typically work off their debts to their masters within three to seven years. With good behavior or good work habits
The third group which were the Africans or natives were condemned to slavery. The slaves had no freedoms and were not allowed to participate in voting or anything of that matter. As a result of those two social situations, unrest was present in both countries. They believed it was unfair to have such a small percentage of people that were wealthy while the majority was poor or mistreated. This would ultimately lead to both revolutions when the lower classes realized there strength in numbers and willpower.
According to Rodney all other areas of the economy were disrupted by the slave trade as the top merchants abandoned traditional industries to pursue slaving and the lower levels of the population were disrupted by the slaving itself. Joseph E. Inikori argues the history of the region shows that the effects were still quite deleterious. He argues that the African economic model of the period was very different from the European, and could not sustain such population losses. Population reductions in certain areas also led to widespread problems. Inikori also notes that after the suppression of the slave trade Africa's population almost immediately began to rapidly increase, even prior to the introduction of modern medicines.
“The Songhay emperors, for example, often employed slaves as administrators and soldiers, since the rulers distrusted free nobles, whom they considered excessively ambitious and undependable” (Bentley, and Ziegler ). The way that the law and society perceived slaves in Africa is another way in which African slavery differed from other parts of the world. There was no concept of private
Slavery, which was a major uproar from colonial America to the civil war, is the racial epidemic of the enslavement of people for money and cheap labor with extensive abuses. The question that could be asked is were the slaves dignified, did they still keep their dignity? The word dignity is the conducting of self-respect as a person sees himself or herself rather than, how others perceive that person. Slavery has been around for years and slaves have been treated unfairly for countless of reasons and situations. Did they still keep their self-respect?
The narrative life of Frederick Douglass is a good example of why slavery should be abolished in the United States Of America. His narrative show’s three good reasons why slave should be free. They are given harsh environments and living quarters. They aren't provided with enough clothes or food to live with. They are constantly beat and moved and traded and sold its just not fair to them.
Because they were forced to work and always punished badly for the slightest mistake, they were extremely unhappy and most hated they’re owners. This of course led to revolts and rebellions, which in turn, made it harder for the plantation owners and slave drivers to make a profit. They spent more of their time trying to find slaves, or buying new ones to replace the ones that they hadn’t found then they did back on the