These places had no windows; bed, furniture nor floor, the floor was the earth itself. Another striking fact was that only an adult slave would receive cloth once a year but a kid would receive none. Children did not get cloths until they were 9 years old, the parents managed to find cloths for their kids. Also, slaves craved their own furniture. In conclusion, even thought life in the plantation was hard not just with the work they do, but also with the abused of the masters’ punishments they had to suffer, Slaves made it through, day by day and they always found ways to keep families together.
One story that goes in depth about these things is about a slave who worked his way up towards a house-slave. These slaves got to stay in the house, and more often than not, these slaves would be REALLY hated by the other slaves. Anyway, this slave, even though a house slave didn't just betray his fellow slaves to the master. This slave self-taught himself to read so that whenever the master and another helper were talking, he could understand them. You see, whenever the master and someone else were speaking, and they didn't want the house slave to know, they would spell out whatever they're trying to say.
Most men were earthier planters or drivers. They also became blacksmiths, painters, and shoemakers. The women had many important jobs like, learning to weave, sewing, cooking, cleaning, and nursing. I personally think that The Fugitive Slave act was very unfair to all of the slaves. If the Slave owners were ever mad about how much money they
Matt Bresnahan P. 02 English III March 7, 2012 Rough Draft The Economics in Slavery Slavery was a prevalent issue throughout the nineteenth and into the early twentieth century. It raised many questions morally but was the real topic of debate was that it was justifiable. Slavery was not meant to put down blacks as a race; it was a tool used by southern families to help around the house and used in hopes of creating economic success Slaves were cared for in terms of human necessities; Slaves were extremely important to their masters and their master’s family. They served many purposes ranging from a farm hand all the way to cooks or house cleaners. Each slave was an investment made by the owner and in order to support
The desire of being free resembled the awful conditions that some of them had. Nevertheless, numbers of slaves claimed that they would want to go back in time and visit their owners since they treated them well enough. A variety of slaves experienced various types of slavery and each of the stories represented unique lifestyles that each of them had. The slaves had not only described their working conditions, but as well as the Majority of the slaves suffered during the times they were enslaved while the rest had a fairly good time. The slaves that were being interviewed had various answers about whether or not they had hard times back then.
(Kolchin 14) This quote shows that it is believed that the color of skin served as a basis for who they were as a person during this time period. The African slaves were seen as savage and wild beasts that were only tamable through slavery. The racial distinction is what kept slavery alive because the slaves were not seen as humans and therefore deserved little to no humanity. Kolchin then goes on to describe the relationship between the masters and slaves and how these relationships varied depending upon the region. In areas such as South Carolina and Georgia, the master was not present on the plantation.
On the other hand the picture on the right portrays a slave for hire in which were owned to work independently in the streets as carriers or vendors. They had much more control over their lives in comparison to a field slave, and even occasionally gained enough power to buy their own freedom. Although the two differ in skin color they are both shoeless slaves of African decent that fell victim to this inhumane system of servitude. Although those hired as slaves in this situation were clearly better then field slaves, they faced their own special psychological torment living in the world as an outcaste. These two pictures can be used today as perfect examples of the various different groups and ethnicities in which slavery effected during the 19th century.
If the African Americans didn’t obey or perform to the expectations of the slave owners they were viciously beaten. The Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglas, an American Slave was a brief story on what it was like to be a slave. It explains the demanding labor to the vigorous beatings with little food or rest the slave were put through. It was like the slave owners thought of them as working machines. They made them get up at the crack of dawn and work till sundown.
Due to the leaders sharing an equal view but different way of approaching it caused divisions such as womans participation and race to be formed. There was many mixed feelings about slavery between the north and the south and how to handle it. The movement thrived under leaders such as William Garrison, Fredrick
Around the late 1800’s many African slaves came to the new world, Africans became slaves either because of debts or of a religious conflicts. However, slaves were granted certain rights such as education, parenthood, and slaves could eventually work their way out of slavery. In 1492 slavery was legalized in Europe, which lead the people to trade slaves for goods or gold in Africa. Unfortunately later on a technique came upon, it was use to transport slaves to different places which was known as the Middle Passage. The middle passage lead to the death of many slaves, since slaves were being place in ships at the very bottom.