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Someone gave you the wrong idea. Slaves were not generally whipped. They were treated better than that. Their owners wanted their slaves to work for them with a minimum of fuss. You do not whip a horse or a dog if you want them to work for you. The only dogs that anyone whips are the dogs that fight in pits. Slaves that are whipped make lousy workers. Dogs that are whipped don't hunt. Horses that are whipped do not pull plows, or do not do a very good job of it. Instead, when your horse is sick, you call the vet, and when your slave is sick, you call the doctor. Your slave like your horse had an adequate diet. You got the good part of the ham, he got the stringy part. It was just as nourishing. You got the best strawberries. He got the ones with rotten spots. You had the big comfortable house. He had the small crowded cabin. Both had heat in winter. Only if he threatened you or tried to escape and was caught was he whipped. Otherwise, you treated him like you would any other prized work animal.

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