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Did a slave have a last name if so was it their owners last name?
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When the slaves were freed, some chose their former owner's last name, and some chose different last names, but they had no last names before then.
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Why did the former slave owners make life difficult for the former slaves?
the former slave owners were usually wealthy Greeks so they didn't try to make the slaves lives harder but they tried to make their lives easy.
What is the fugitive slave law?
The fugitive slave law required all Americans to turn over any fugitive slave found to law enforcement so they would be sent back to their owners.
What happened because slave owners feared resistance by slave?
States passed slave codes and slave laws. These laws kept the slaves in a subordinate position and made it so even a free slave could be captured and sent back into slavery.
What happened because slave owners feared resistance by slaves?
States passed slave codes and slave laws. These laws kept the slaves in a subordinate position and made it so even a free slave could be captured and sent back into slavery.
Why were black slaves not allowed to marry?
actually some slave owners allowed slave marriages and some didn't the ones who didn't allow it didn't allow until the 1900s but the ones who allowed it did it for selfish reasons like if they were married they could have kids and then the salve owners would take them away afterward for slave work. Also the ones who allowed marriage for slaves thought the men would be less rebellious so he wouldn't leave his wife and children and run away. So I hope this answers your questions! <(^.^)>
Did the slave owner change there slave last name to theres?
the more likely answer is that the slave adopted their former owners name, as they did not usually have surnames of their own. Very often, the slaves were called by the owners last name if seen on the streets of a town, and as such it became commonplace that when referred to, the former slaves gave the owners last name as their own. You have to consider the fact that most if not all slaves were never given any kind of education, so the whole concept of reading and writing was something they knew nothing about.
Were there more bad slave owners than good slave owners?
possibly,because a good slave owner would have his slave marry which was illegal.it will be mor likely he got caught ,so most owners dint take the risk
Why did many slave owners believe it was okay to keep slave?
so that they can help them in manual work
Why did the slave owners want the slaves to marry?
So the whites could take their babies and use it as a slave to.
How did slave escape in the daytime?
they didnt escape in the daytime, they escaped in the night, so the slave owners couldn't see them
Why did they put the x on Malcolm X?
i nthe time of black slave, a slave took the last name of their owner. malcom x became independent of that when he gave up his slave name for the variable x which represents his true last name that he lost to the slave owner. =========================================================== Above is a different answer from what I heard on a different website. Malcolm X isn't his REAL name. The Malcolm was given to him by one of his teachers and the X is an unknown thing in math, so that's how he made his name... Malcolm 'Unknown'
How did slavery get started in the US?
probably because they only choose the Americans can do the slaving because the slave owners wanted more money.AnswerBecause the slave owners who came to America they only wanted African Americans to do all of the slaving so the slave owners come to take them to get more money
Were people with the last name carter slave masters?
Black people was the first on earth, so the name Carter came from a black nation.
Why did slave owners believe there was such a need for slavery in the US?
Slave owners saw an opportunity to capitalize on free labor. They wanted to make more profits, so they didn't pay wages to slaves.
Do slave labor tobacco sell better?
slave owners didnt have to pay for labor so they made far more money.
Why did slave owners like the slaves to sing?
so that they could know if a slave was or was not there, or to see if they were eating the things they may have been picking.
Why did slave owners kill their slaves?
because if you were under the age of 21 you weren't free so owners killed slaves to keep them as slaves
