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The females were used in the households taking care of the children and the households and the males were used in the open fields working the farms. even though some female slaves were used for that purpose.
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Why did slaves wait to escape at night?
If they tried to escape in the day there slave masters would see them and call for help to catch the slave
How many slaves tried to escape?
According to historians, hundreds of thousands of slaves attempted to escape their enslaved condition since the onset of slavery. This became a problem for many slave-owners and therefore, the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was passed for slave catchers to travel north of the U.S. to capture runaway slaves.
What were two things slave owners feared?
Slave rebellions and escape attempts were two things that slave owners feared, as they posed a threat to their control over their slaves and their way of life. They also feared the loss of property if slaves were to successfully escape or rebel.
How long did it take slaves to escape?
When slaves escaped their owners and plantations, it took a lot of planning. When the slave did escape it took anywhere from several weeks to several months.
What are the codes used in slave songs?
They were used to tell the other slaves how to escape from the plantations.
How much did female slaves costs?
...70% of what the average male slave cost.
Describe how northern abolitionists reacted to the fugitive slave act?
by helping the slaves to escape into Canada
Did any of the slaves escape in the slave trade?
some did but there was such a high reward they were captured and beaten imidiately.
What did slave codes not prevent slaves from doing?
Slave codes did not prevent slaves from physically resisting and rebelling against their owners or attempting escape, although such actions were met with severe consequences. Slave codes also did not prevent slaves from forming close relationships within their communities, practicing their own cultural traditions, or passing on their heritage through oral traditions.
What did the fugitive slave law require?
Help return runaway slaves to their owners.
Why did slaves get branded?
Slaves were branded because it helped slave owners indentify the slaves, also because slaves often ranaway, if they were caught by slave patrol they would be brought back to the correct slave owner based on the number imprinted on their skin (usually their palm).
What is the punishment in Pakistan for a slave trying to escape?
I didn't know that there were any slaves in Pakistan in modern times.
