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Did a plantation owner or their family ever fall in love with a slave?
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∙ 12y ago
Most of the time they would just rape them, but rarely the fell in love.
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Could a slave ever be a slave owner?
yes possibly but only in certin states if he was afree slave but most likely he wouldn't want to be
Was John Hancock a slave owner?
There is no evidence that John Hancock ever bought or sold slaves.----WRONG There is evidence that John Hancock did have one slave to help around the house.
Did slaves ever try to poison food?
yes but they had to try the food before the owner ate it but some times the owner will forget and might get poisoned.But then the slave would get no money or food!
Where did they keep Harriet Tubman?
she was a slave where ever their owner would stay that where she would stay. They say that she was in a house located in New York but originally in Maryland.
Who is the owner of Hotel Monteleone?
The Hotel Monteleone is owned by the Monteleone family. It was first opened in 1886 by the founder Antonio Monteleone and has remained in the family ever since.
Has anyone ever heard of something called manumission papers and where would you find these for your slave ancestors?
Manumission papers are papers that show a slave had been emancipated. You can get help finding these papers for your slave ancestors on websites that help you build your family tree.
Did slaves help the slave hunter to catch other slaves?
If their fellow slaves had run away then the slave owner would not allow his or her other slaves to assist them, because they might have led the owner in a wrong direction to make sure the runaway wasn't ever brought in to justice. In short, no, because they couldn't trust the other slaves not to mislead them.
Why did some major plantation owners in the South not favor secession?
There were a number of large slave and major plantation owners that saw the Union as the greatest friend that slavery could ever hope to have. They were not all radical secessionists. In their view they had the support of Northern textile mills that made large profits from the slave driven cotton crops. Also, the US Supreme Court had verified the legality of slavery. Even President Lincoln pledged to enforce the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act. One such owner, made it clear that despite all the noise made by the small sect of abolitionists, the US government, as the abolitionists charged, was the greatest protector of slavery for the South.
Was Alex Haley ever a slave?
No Alex Haley was never a slave
Did Abraham Lincoln ever compare Czarist Russia to the southern slave owners?
In 1855, Abraham Lincoln wrote that the Czar of Russia would more easily give up his throne than a slave owner would give up his slaves ( in the South ).
Why did Harriet Tubman want every body to be free?
Slavery was a horrible thing. Many Northern whites didn't believe that though. Harriet Tubman was an escaped slave herself. She knew just how terrible life on a plantation was. Her dream was that no other person would ever have to be a slave. Her dream is still being accomplished today.
How were slaves branded?
The people who did the branding would tie the slaves wrists behind their back and put there face down on something like a piece of wood or table. They would then heat the piece of metal that had something written on it (what ever the owner wanted the slave to have branded on them). The slave would then be branded on the cheek (or what ever part of the body was chosen.
