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How did buying and selling slaves work?
Buying and selling slaves involved individuals or companies purchasing slaves from slave traders or slave markets, often through auctions. Slaves were considered property and could be bought, sold, or traded like any other commodity. The process typically involved negotiations over price and terms, with the buyer then taking ownership and control over the slave's labor and movements.
How long were slaves with their masters?
It depends on what kind of slave. If it was a permanent slave, they would live with their masters until one of them died or was released by their master. An indentured slave lived with their master until their debt for coming to America was payed off. Most of the time this was 7 years
How did the auctioning of slaves work?
Men would bring slaves to big auctions (the slaves were chained together, for safety) and men would say 20... ill give you 70 dollars for slave #67..... on and on until the bid was so high no one wanted to bid anymore. The person who did that payed the money and got the slave.
How many freed slaves remain on the farm where they had worked as slaves?
There are no freed slaves remaining on the farm where they had worked as slaves. After emancipation, freed slaves were free to leave the farms where they were enslaved.
Why did slaves punish slaves?
Slaves were sometimes tasked with overseeing the work and behavior of other slaves, and may have punished them in order to maintain control and prevent rebellion. Punishing other slaves could also be a way for some slaves to gain favor with their owners and potentially improve their own living conditions.
Were slaves payed?
No, they are not.
What are servant?
Servants are slaves that dont get payed and do your chores and all that u want them to do!!
What are benefits for indentured slaves?
A benefit for indentured slaves is that they get their trip payed. They just need to work off the amount of years to pay back.
Why might someone own slaves?
because its cheaper and easier than hiring payed employees
Why did the slave get paid?
they would still get payed because if they didn't the slaves would run away.
How did the poorest slaves pay for their trip ticket when forced to come to America?
Well this is just a guess but if they were forced to come to America to be slaves, maybe there owners payed for them?
What slaves eared the most?
Slaves did not earn any sort of payment. In some very rare situations they would be given 'gifts' but slaves did not have an income. You maybe referring to something else where they are considered in service of someone, but technically slaves were not payed.
In the roman times did the richer people pay the slaves to do their work?
No, slaves were not payed to do any work, slavery is forced work, htey were only give food and water.
How much would you get paid for a roman job?
They where payed with food if they hwre poor or slaves and if they where a little wealthy they got coins
What is the meaning of the Year of Jubilee?
It means that the year of jubilee was celebrated in Jerusalem and no tax's would be payed and the slaves would be let go.
Why did plantation owners switch from indentured servitude to black slavery?
because indentured servants were on a contract and got payed and slaves they got to keep forever. plus they saved more money cause they didnt pay slaves.
Most of the cotton produced in the American South in the early nineteenth century was?
? Shipped to the North? Cleaned by workers who were payed and not slaves? Cheap?
