They were hobbled and whipped [hobbled means legs broken so they couldn't run away again]. Their punishments were hard and cruel. And some lead till death. Masters would go searching for the slaves with their dogs and (usually) once found the dogs would rip them to shreds. (OH sory T.M.I. haww?) They were punished severely if they ran away once but any more than that, then the owners would have the right to kill them however they wanted.
The most common punishments were whippings, increased work time and work, and hangings. They also hobbled (broke their legs so they couldn't run away) them and branded them as property to make certain that when they ran away again, they would be returned to their rightful owner.
The punishments vary on masters, but these are the most common. Hope this helped.
50,000 slaves died while they were runaways
in the woods
Yes. Slave owners did brand slaves with the fleur-de-lis. According to the book Slavery in the South by Clayton E. Jewett and John O. Allen, slave owners were allowed to cut of the ears of runaway slaves and have them branded with the fleur-de-lis as punishment.
Figitive slave act
I really dont know how he helped with the slavery that is what I want to know. How did he help the runaway slaves and that I really dont know how he helped with the slavery that is what I want to know. How did he help the runaway slaves and that
if they tried to runaway they would of got some kind of punishment like a finger cut of or a leg. and if they did ran away they would died. or been hung.
slaves get whipped and beaten
Disfigurement was used as a means of marking slaves as belonging to a particular owner. That would be useful to help recover runaway slaves and to discourage other masters from stealing slaves.
Because they can offered a reward for runaway slaves.....Then
Runaway slaves didn't have code names.
They were called fugitives. A fugitive is a runaway slave
Maroons were runaway slaves from the west indies,north america,central america and south america.These runaway slaves also called maroons lived on mountaintops. Slaves who ran away and set up free communitiesch morons maroons were runaway slaves
They would hurt the slaves.
Bounty hunters used blood hounds to cach runaway slaves. : o
In the 1800s, runaway slaves would be captured by marshals and returned to their owners.
Bad
you had to get be--headed