Slaves were sold at Smithfield on a auction block but a lot were carried to Richmond, Va.
Slaves were quartered in small houses built of logs.
Slaves were allowed to go to the white folks church and at times all slaves were carried to services at the church.
In Greece and Rome, the numbers ofslaves were extended to millions beyond any number these States possess; but their historians failed to discover their destructive influence on the fertility of those countries.
Yet the great mass of slaves were of the same race and colour of their masters; and at this age, a most important fact with the Christian, if they were pagans, was their conversion to Christianity.
Slaves were defined as "chattels personal in the hands of their respective owners or possessors, and their executors, administrators, and assigns, to all intents and purposes whatsoever.
Among the Chittagong Hill tribes the debtor-slaves were treated as members of the creditor's family, and were never exposed to harsh usage.
In the Philippines, if a prince was dangerously ill or dying, slaves were slaughtered in order to satisfy the malignant ancestral soul who was supposed to have caused the disease.
If slaves were to be considered as inhabitants, not as wealth, then the said resolution would not be pursued; if as wealth, then why is no other wealth but slaves included?
If slaves wereto be considered as inhabitants, not as wealth, then the said Resolution would not be pursued; if as wealth, then why is no other wealth but slaves included?
The prices of slaves were settled by the magistrates, and they were required to work with their master, for stipulated wages, until the debt was paid.
Among the Romans, the Grecians, and the ancient Germans, slaves were permitted to acquire and enjoy property of considerable value, as their own.
In the Roman Empire, from the time of Adrian and the Antonines, slaves wereprotected by the laws, and undue severity being proved, they received freedom or a different master.
Slaves were punished by "patter rollers" or the government patrol, if caught off of their plantations without a pass.
On Sunday afternoons, slaves were required to attend white churches for religious services, and over and over again the one sermon drummed into their heads was, "Servants obey your mistress and master; you live for them.
Slaves were allowed to tend little patches of their own, and were often given Saturday afternoons off to work their crops, then when laying-by time came, we had more time for our patches.
Not all of the exportations of slaves were by sea as is attested by records of Sir Charles Lyell, Basil Hall, and Josiah Henson.
After a little delay he conducted us to a house, in which some of his father's slaves were living.
I took the precaution, however, of not allowing Said to leave the house when the Governor's slaves were out.
Some groups of slaves were aristocratic, and would not associate with the others.
He was so young he did no remember very much about how the slaves were treated, but seemed to regret very much that he had been denied the privilege of an education.
A turkey gobbler had mysteriously disappeared from one of the neighboring plantations and the local slaves were accused of commeting the fowl to a boiling pot.
No slaves were beaten at the George's plantation and old Mistress Hester Lam allowed no slave to be sold.
Buckner remembers; land owners that owned no slaves wereconsidered "Po' White Trash" and were scarcely recognized as citizens within the state of Kentucky.
Slaves were imported so rapidly that the outnumbered whites became apprehensive of rebellion.
In the federal census of 1790, however, this was the only state in which no slaves were listed.
Here the plantation system flourished and slaves were many; there the climate prevented profits from crude gang labor in farming, and slaves were few.
Some owners of slaves were poor, and, their slaves being trusty and industrious, permitted them to go out and get whatever work they could, with the understanding that the master was to have the wages.
The instructions against the importation of slaves were in harmony with the feelings of the great majority of the people.
Slaves were declared by the English judges to be merchandise.
Now the laws and usages of the age as to slaves were, as we have seen, harsh and oppressive.
Emma laughingly said the slaves on other plantations always said the Curry slaves were "free niggers," as they could always get permits, and had plenty to eat and milk to drink.
Us warn't learned to read an' write, but Mr. Jerry Brown's slaves were.
Slaves were sold in open market just as animals and at high-tide prices were very low.
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