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It varied among slave owners. If a slave owner was mean or just didn't like African Americans their lives could be really bad. If a slave owner just wanted slaves for work, then they could be treated nicely and live peacefully with their owner. However most all slaves did work in fields. Women and children would work in the house doing cleaning or answering doors.
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∙ 8y agoThe life of a slave was difficult and immorally cruel. It was legal for their masters to beat them, or kill them. Many that have escaped were hunted and brought back to work. Freedom and equality is what they wanted but were never accepted into society because of racism. Many slaves would starve, die of being worked to death, they were brought up to work for whites. Whites were very inconsiderate because apparently to them they did not see that no matter what skin color you are they are still human.
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∙ 14y agoThe slaves were treated very poorly. They were paid no money for any of their work. They were also property to their owners, meaning they were not treated like an average human should. Their names were gone, and instead of names they were called of numbers.
Ex.: "John Doe" was a slave, but instead of the masters/owners calling him by "John Doe", they would call him by.... let's say the number "428".
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∙ 13y agoThis is like asking what color slaves eyes were. There are lots of different answers, based on where the slave was (Yes, there were slaves north of the Mason Dixon), what their position was (i.e. were they house slaves or field workers), and the general disposition of their handlers and masters. Thomas Jefferson's slaves, and slaves kept by Native Americans, for example, probably had it slightly better than the average southern plantation field worker.
For an excellent discussion of the topic, I would recommend Howard Zinn's timeless classic, "A People's History of the United States". Chapters 2 through 9 all at least touch on the subject, with 2 and 9 themselves being dedicated to it.
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What was the social structure of the south before the civil war?
Life in the south was pure slavery for African Americans and if they tried to escape they'd be tortured like this answer
What was life like for slaves in the US?
Life for the slaves in the US was incredibly hard. They were required to work long hours with very little benefits.
What was life like for people living in the thirteen colonies?
people had a hard time doing stuff so slaves did it for them
Did the underground railroad exist before the civil war?
The Underground Railroad was a series of free blacks and Northerners who were against slavery that would guide slaves up to the North to Freedom. It wasn't an actual railroad, but at times it went underground to hide slaves. It was coined "Underground Railroad" so slave masters wouldn't know what it really was, and it was almost like a railroad. The main people who came directly to the slaves and guided them along the "Railroad" were coined "conductors". One very famous conductor is Harriet Tubman, also nicknamed "Black Moses".
What was life like for the Indians who lived in the Spanish Americas?
It was Horrible for them they didn't get to do anything they wanted to and they were treated like slaves.
What was life like before the civil war?
it was horrible for Africans because they were slaves and they were beaten for the littlest things
What was life like before the US Civil War?
it was horrible for Africans because they were slaves and they were beaten for the littlest things
How were African slaves prior to the US Civil War?
The African slaves were totally disenfranchised before the Civil War. They had no rights. They were basically treated like animals, and died by the masses.
What was life like in the south for the newly freed slaves?
Life for newly freed slaves in the South was incredibly challenging. Many faced poverty, lack of access to education and healthcare, discrimination, and threats of violence from white supremacist groups. They also had to navigate the complexities of finding paid work and securing housing, often in a hostile environment.
What was life like for many freedmen in the south after the civil?
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What was life like for former slaves AFTER the civil war?
Life for slaves after the civil war was hard for them because people still didn't like them because of their color and race. So trying to get a job was almost impossible, but they were great at farm working and taking care of children because that's what they did as a living.
What was life like for freed slaves after the civil war?
Freed slaves were treated poorly after the Civil War. With the rise of the Ku Klux Klan, freedmen were usually terrorized. It was usually difficult for freedmen to get jobs as well.
What was life life like for many freedmen in the south after civil war?
somewhat like there lives before they were freed
What was the social structure of the south before the civil war?
Life in the south was pure slavery for African Americans and if they tried to escape they'd be tortured like this answer
What were the lives of the slaves like after the Civil War?
There weren't any slaves after the american civil war. They were freed by the emancipation act.
What was life like for the freedmen in the south after civil war?
somewhat like there lives before they were freed... Apex:)
What was the life like many freedmen in the south after civil war?
somewhat like there lives before they were freed
