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Slaves had to carry a pass or note signed by their master in order to travel because it served as proof of permission to be off the plantation or property. This was a way for slave owners to control the movements of their slaves and to prevent them from escaping or being mistaken for runaways. It was a form of surveillance and control over the enslaved population.

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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.


How did the people hurt the slaves?

The slave masters wanted the people (slaves) to work work and work if they even take a short break the slaves get beat up. If the slaves are sick or worthless they KILL them. And the slave masters were mean when I say mean I mean it. The slave master tie the slaves be neck and leave them bleeding.


What was illegal for slaves in the south?

Slaves in the South were not allowed to learn to read or write, gather in groups without supervision, or leave their owner's property without permission. They also were prohibited from owning property, carrying weapons, or testifying in court against a white person.


How do Mississippi law limit the activities of slaves?

Mississippi laws limited the activities of slaves by prohibiting them from gathering in groups, learning to read and write, owning property, and traveling without permission. Slaves were also required to have passes in order to leave the plantation and were subject to strict codes of behavior under threat of severe punishment.


Are students legally allowed to leave school grounds without a signed permission slip?

In most cases, students are not allowed to leave school grounds without permission from a parent or guardian. Schools typically require a signed permission slip to ensure the safety and security of students. Leaving school grounds without permission could result in disciplinary action.

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Slaves deserted their masters during the war?

there was very few who did leave there master


What would happen if a slave died while trying to run away?

The master or slavers would just leave the body for the birds, or bring it back to the plantation to make an example to other slaves


Who were slaves in ancent Greece?

Slaves would be there in Greece to perform daily work. There are 2 main ways somebody could become a slave: 1. If they were born into slavery (mother was already a slave). 2. If they were kidnapped in war or daily life and then sold into slavery. Slaves were the lowest in society. Masters were allowed to do anything to their slaves, masters could torture their slaves, beat their slaves, even kill their slaves and get away with it. Slaves could only be free if their master freed them. Once they were free, they were okay to leave, but they still had to come back every so often to thank their master.


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.


How did slaves know when the next group of slaves should leave with Moses or Harriet Tubman?

They didn't know.


Why did many slaves remain on the farms where they had worked as slaves?

Many freed slaves remained on the farms where they had worked as slaves for several reasons: Some masters asked (or demanded) that the newly free slaves stay on the master's property, offering a house and wages. However, by the time the master was done charging the freed slaves for rent and supplies, they received no wages and could not afford to move to another place. Some slaves were not told that they were free. Many freed slaves did not know how to live as free men and women. They would try it for awhile and then return to their former masters. Others stayed with their masters because the master had been good to them and continued to treat them well after emancipation.


How did stono rebellion affected slaves laws?

Slaves were forbidden to leave a plantation without permission and slaves were ot allowed to meet with free blacks


What was the slaves role in the Battle of Gettysburg?

the slaves role was to go to your house and kill all the white people in it then leave


How did slave masters treat their slaves?

Masters treated their slaves really horrible and they would do it because they THOUGHT they could. The owners would whip the slaves for no apparent reason, and if a slave was taught to read or write a slave owner would cut off his\her toes, then fingers, then any other body parts the 'master' thought the slaves didn't need.


How did the people hurt the slaves?

The slave masters wanted the people (slaves) to work work and work if they even take a short break the slaves get beat up. If the slaves are sick or worthless they KILL them. And the slave masters were mean when I say mean I mean it. The slave master tie the slaves be neck and leave them bleeding.


How did slaves leave their owners other then escaping?

The term you are looking for is Manumission- the owner of a slave might free the slaves that he owned.


How did slaves contribute similarly in public life as they did in plantations?

Slaves had no public life. To leave the plantation they had to have a pass. Slavery is people owning people therefore slaves have no rights.