because if you were under the age of 21 you weren't free so owners killed slaves to keep them as slaves
The slave owners bought their slaves at auctions.
North Slave owners did pay their slaves, but south slave owners didn't. See the following link.
yes, because they owned them and they can do whatever they want to to them.
Slave owners wanted slaves because they were able to make money or profits by the work performed by the slave.
There were no northern slaves or slave owners. That is why slaves went north when escaping with the Underground Railroad.
Slaves were prevented from learning how to read or write. Slave owners were freed of punishment for beating their slaves. Slave owners were freed of punishment for murder of their slaves.
Slaves were prevented from learning how to read or write. Slave owners were freed of punishment for beating their slaves. Slave owners were freed of punishment for murder of their slaves.
Slaves were prevented from learning how to read or write. Slave owners were freed of punishment for beating their slaves. Slave owners were freed of punishment for murder of their slaves.
Slave owners would punish them by whipping them.
In the South, it was estimated that 350,000 slave owners held a significant number of slaves.
The purchased them at slave auctions. Owners that had more slaves than they needed, and those bringing them from Africa would sell them at slave markets.
slave owners, slave traders, and plantation owners.