Who owned the slaves?

Answer 1

It depends on which version of slavery you mean. Maybe the Asians who forced THEIR enemies into slavery? I suggest most people only know about the slavery that involved African-Americans in THIS country. It also went on throughout Europe but became unacceptable before the U.S. outlawed the practice. Recognize that slaves were brought here by Dutch traders. The Dutch wanted to do business in Africa, but there weren't many things that they could use from the Africans, so they traded goods for slaves. Africans would round up their enemies and trade them to the Dutch traders for trinkets. Many of the Africans were planning to kill their enemies, but instead they decided that they could trade them away, never have to deal with them again and get some goods in the process. The South (U.S) was one of the last places that used slave labor. Other parts of the world had correctly decided that it was both inhumane and unprofitable. The sountern plantation owners couldn't imagine a way to work their crops without slave labor, so they resisted the pressure from the north to do away with slavery.

AnswerBut, the US was not the last place to have slavery. What about the Soviet Gulags, Nazi concentration camps, the Japanese occupation of Manchuria. And it may also still be practiced in some parts of Africa and Asia.

Answer 2

Most southern states had slaves to do their work for them. People bought and sold slaves like they were land or other items that you could buy at a store. The Northern states had a very different view on this subject slaves were illegal on the north and if you had slaves in the north no one knew about it. Many slaves tried to make a run for the north but unfortunately some of them got cough and suffered the consequences

Answer 3

In all times and all places where slavery existed, slaves were generally prisoners of war. Only since the Middle Ages and in the Western world (America, Europe, the Middle East), however, was slavery so absolutely linked to race.

--- In Greek and Roman times, slaves were mostly people conquered in war, with no particular racial identity. Most Greek slaves were captured from enemy Greek city-states. Many Roman slaves came from England and other parts of Europe. Since Greece had a more highly developed civilization and a more educated population, Greek slaves who were used for tasks requiring a high educational level (often higher than the masters had), such as teachers/tutors, secretaries, farm managers. They were considered part of the "familia" (extended family) and many were eventually freed, after which they continued a relationship with their masters. The freed slaves were treated equally but were barred from political office. Their children had full rights of citizenship. Vast gangs of slaves from more primitive areas were used as gladiators, in the mines, on large "industrial" plantations, etc., where they were treated like chattel, had no relationship with their masters, and their life expectancy was very low. In the Middle Ages, Arabs brought in slaves both from sub-Saharan Africa and from Europe (Cervantes, the author of Don Quijote, had been a slave for several years.) Their slaves were sometimes bought from local African rulers. Many European slaves were captured at sea by Arab pirates who dominated the Mediterranean.

--- When America was settled, the European settlers tried to enslave the native populations ("Indians") but their Death Rate proved extremely high. They then turned to importing slaves from sub-Saharan Africa. As the demand for slaves grew, African rulers began to launch raids on neighboring areas in order to supply the European slave-traders in exchange for economic rewards.

--- At times, people sold their children into slavery when the only alternative was to see them starve to death.

Answer 4

The white men from the North. They tortured and killed alot of African American slave.

Answer 5

Slave owners.

Answer 6

The South