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What tactics did slave owners use to keep their slaves ignorant?

Slave owners frequently beat their slaves to force them to obey. whip the slaves, and hire people to watch the slaves.


What sort of punishments did runaway slaves get?

They get whiped really badly. some slave owners whip their slaves to death and then buy more slaves.


Why did slave owners whip their slaves?

because they would run away or not do all their work.


Why were slave owners called crackers?

The term "cracker" was initially used to refer to poor white farmers in the southern United States. It later became associated with slave owners as a derogatory term implying arrogance or a certain type of behavior. Some historians suggest it may have stemmed from the cracking of whips by slave owners.


What is the job of a slave driver?

A slave driver was in charge of the slaves. They were the ones who held the whip.


How did plantation owners torture slaves?

they would whip them with a leather belt.


Why do you think shaws friend protests against the use of the whip for punishing the alleged deserter?

I believe he was against the whip because it was in right for the soldier cause they would remember when they where slave and they where whip


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.


Why was the job of driver a particularly difficult one for slaves?

The "DRIVER" was the big mean guy with the whip. It was a particularly difficult thing for the slaves as he was using the whip on them. The correct term is "Slave Driver"


Back a long time ago when people owned slaves were they allowed to hit them if they did not do the job right?

Yes. They owned the slaves. You can legally hit your computer (though I don't suggest it) if it doesn't do its job, and the slave owners could hit, beat, whip, and even kill their slaves.


What method of slave resistance was most common?

they mostly used the whip that''s where all the scars mostly came from


What did the slaves get whipped with?

Slaves were often whipped with a leather whip or a whip made of braided leather cords, sometimes with a piece of metal at the end to cause more harm. The severity of the whipping and the type of whip used varied from one slave owner to another.