Slave traders often resorted to physical restraints such as chains, shackles, or handcuffs to prevent slaves from escaping. They also used intimidation, violence, and threats to instill fear and discourage slaves from attempting to run away. Additionally, slave traders sometimes branded or tattooed slaves to make it easier to identify and track them if they did escape.
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.
Slave masters used various methods to control slaves, such as physical abuse, threats of punishment, and surveillance. They also implemented restrictive laws and curfews to limit the movement of slaves and prevent them from escaping. Additionally, slave masters separated families and communities to weaken bonds and discourage resistance.
If slaves were caught escaping, they could face severe consequences such as punishment, torture, or even death depending on the time and place. Slave owners had the legal right to enforce harsh penalties to prevent further attempts and maintain control over their property.
West Africans from the central and western parts of the continent were sold by other West Africans to the western european slave traders, or the Europeans would capture them themselfes and transport them to the "new world"
When slaves were brought ashore from slave ships, they were usually inspected, cleaned, and separated before being sold at auctions. The slaves were then auctioned off to the highest bidder, typically plantation owners or slave traders, who would then use them for labor in fields, mines, or households.
There were no northern slaves or slave owners. That is why slaves went north when escaping with the Underground Railroad.
how did slave traders acution off slave
From slave traders in central Africa
From slave traders in central Africa.
From slave traders in central Africa.
they bought them from other traders
From slave traders in central Africa.
From slave traders in central Africa.
From slave traders in central Africa.
the slave traders captured them in war
the slave traders captured them in war
They were purchased by African Slave Traders