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West Africans, brought to the USA in the slave-trade
They bought them at slave markets and also bread them; children of slaves were regarded as slaves.
As a social class, it was the farmers. Within that group, serfs again ranked lower than freeholders.
A person who sells slaves is normally called a 'slave trader', or 'slave broker'.
Slaves in the Southern United States. It said that every slave counted as 3/5 of a person, so slave states had more representation in Congress.
A group of slaves fought with their slave owners at the Stono River in 1739
Slaves. A slave was a slave.
When slaves were brought ashore from slave ships, they were usually inspected, cleaned, and separated before being sold at auctions. The slaves were then auctioned off to the highest bidder, typically plantation owners or slave traders, who would then use them for labor in fields, mines, or households.
Chattel slave is known as slave traditional slave. This is where slaves are treated as chattel.
Serfs were slaves and not a different group of people ( serf is Latin for slave). In the middle ages there was no emancipation for these people.
In the 1930's a group went to former slaves and interviewed them about their lives as slaves. The result was a book called To Be A Slave. Get it. It is a good source on slavery from the people who lived it.
The slave owners bought their slaves at auctions.
West Africans, brought to the USA in the slave-trade
They were called African Americans
Slave owners were worried about rebellion because they depended on the labor of enslaved people for their economic livelihood. Large-scale uprisings could threaten their power and control, as well as disrupt the social order they benefited from. They feared losing their property and facing violent retaliation if enslaved people were to revolt.
the same as not married slaves ...it didnt matter a slave was a slave
A slave house was a dwelling where enslaved individuals were forced to live by their owners. These structures were often cramped, basic, and lacking in amenities, reflecting the dehumanizing conditions in which slaves were kept.