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Partly simple exploitation - how to extract the maximum labour, without having to pay for it.
Partly racial stereotyping - if you give them an inch, they'll take a mile.
Partly asserting the class system - keeping the social barriers in place
Some slave-owners wanted to be more lenient with their slaves, but were told that this would be letting the side down.
The further South you went, the more brutal the treatment. That was why they dreaded being 'sold down the river'.
That is why Jefferson Davis of Mississippi (although born in Kentucky) broke the pattern. He treated his slaves so well, they didn't want their freedom. So the Confederates thought he represented the noble face of slave-owning, and made him President.
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What did freedom mean to slaves in the south?
it mean that they free from slaves
Could slaves be mean to their masters?
No, slaves could NOT be mean to their slaves because they would get in HUGE trouble. They would probably be put to death if they where.[: Audralynne :]
What was the transportation system for slaves?
If you mean how slaves were transported to the United States, it was by ship. If you mean how slaves were "transported" to freedom from the south, that was called the "Underground Railroad."
How did slaves prove they were not runaways?
If they were slaves, then they were runaways! You probably mean How did freed blacks prove they weren't slaves.
Where were most slaves imported from?
If you mean slaves in the US, the answer is Africa.
Where there slaves in 1942?
If you mean African-American slaves in the United States, no, there were no such slaves in 1942. Slavery ended in the 1860s in the US.
What does Abraham Lincoln mean to you?
the freedom of the slaves
What were slaves in sparter called?
Assuming you mean `Sparta´, the ancient Greek State, the slaves there were called Helots.
What did southerners mean by calling northern workers wage slaves?
That they were practically slaves, but got paid in a way.
Who built Egyptian temple?
Do you mean pyramids? if so, don't believe aliens did it... that's dumb. It was Egyptian slaves. If you mean temples the answer is the same thousands of slaves
Who built the Egyptian temples?
Do you mean pyramids? if so, don't believe aliens did it... that's dumb. It was Egyptian slaves. If you mean temples the answer is the same thousands of slaves
Was King Tutankhamun mean too his slaves?
He wasnt
