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Generally with dogs and the slave catchers would actually take any African American off a street to fill a quota of returning slaves to enslavement.

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What were some of the punishments that slaves got?

Slaves could face various punishments, including physical abuse like whipping, branding, or mutilation. They could also be subjected to long hours of hard labor, restricted movement, or confinement. Additionally, slaves could be sold or separated from their families as a form of punishment.


How many freed slaves remain on the farm where they had worked as slaves?

There are no freed slaves remaining on the farm where they had worked as slaves. After emancipation, freed slaves were free to leave the farms where they were enslaved.


What consisted of the fugitive slaves laws?

It meant that runaway slaves could be hunted down by official slave-catchers and returned to their owners. This aroused great sympathy for the runaways, and prompted Harriet Beecher Stowe to write 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'.


Why was a slave trying to escape from their owners such a dangerous act?

There were patrols very where looking for these slaves. The second amendment to the constitution actually was added to allow these patrols especially in the southern or slave states. They were call militias. Every male had to belong to them, no excuses. Slaves were very valuable and letting them escape would not be a good example to those who stayed behind. If they did not have a 'pass' that allowed them off their plantation, they would be punished severely if not out right killed. There were many more slaves than owners and a they had to be closely controlled. The escaped slave was hunted and many didn't get very far.


Why did slaves punish slaves?

Slaves were sometimes tasked with overseeing the work and behavior of other slaves, and may have punished them in order to maintain control and prevent rebellion. Punishing other slaves could also be a way for some slaves to gain favor with their owners and potentially improve their own living conditions.

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Were did you get food in medieval times?

In the middle ages, you farmed, hunted or fished for your food, or you had vassals or slaves who did it for you.


What were people called that hunted slaves?

The simple answer for this question would be Slave hunters or Slave catchers..


Why did slaves stay with there slave master?

If they ran away they would be hunted down, returned, and punished. Some DID run away, but most were recaptured.


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The Hunted - 2001 Hunted Hunted was released on: USA: 1 March 2010


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Is the word hunted a verb?

Hunted is a verb as in 'they hunted him down'. Hunted is also a noun as in 'an area hunted over'.


What measure did some southerners take to prevent slave revolt?

They killed and hunted down the slaves killing all the ones that would revolt making sure that it would never happen again, is what the southerners thought, but it only sparked more slaves to revolt.


How far north did slaves have to travel in order to be free?

Slaves had to go as far as Canada to be free since the United States Government had no jurisdiction in that area. If a slave simply went to a northern state, he/she could be hunted down as a fugitive slave with a bounty on their head.


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Are penguins hunted?

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