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Life was not good, all blacks in the south were monitored where ever they went. Slaves had to carry passes whenever they went somewhere for their masters. They usually were not allowed to "officially" marry, they could be separated from their family members at any point in time, it was illegal for slaves to know how to read and write and their native religions were usually suppressed. Life was not good at all for a slave.

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If they got caught knowing how to read and/or write, then they got severely whipped or had a few fingers cut off. If they tried to run away then they were sometimes hung. The plantation owners hired overseers to look after all of the slaves. If they were not working they got whipped.

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