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Slave Life

Slave Life. And The Punishment of African slaves. Early American Slave Life. Population. 1. 1790: 500,000 1860: 4 million 2. 1850: 50% grew cotton 3. 25% of whites had slaves 4. 50% of owners had less than 5 slaves 5% of planters owned 40% of all slaves in south.

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Slave Life

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  1. Slave Life And The Punishment of African slaves

  2. Early American Slave Life

  3. Population 1. 1790: 500,000 1860: 4 million 2. 1850: 50% grew cotton 3. 25% of whites had slaves 4. 50% of owners had less than 5 slaves • 5% of planters owned 40% of all slaves in south

  4. Slave Life House and Field 1. Mortality 3 x higher 2. Life expectancy in 1850 a. blacks 20’s b. whites 40’s 3. 25% sick

  5. “House slaves” -15%-20% -Constant contact -Raise children -Reading

  6. “Field Slaves” -75% of slaves -18 hours -Overseer -Used Music to give identity

  7. Southern Plantations

  8. Distribution of slaves, 1850

  9. Slave Codes • Before the Civil War, there were a series of laws and codes set up that regulated the treatment and rights (If they had any) of slaves.

  10. SLAVE CODES AND LAWS Slave Revolts would lead plantation owners to develop a series of slave laws/codes which restricted the movement of the slaves.

  11. Life of a Slave

  12. Slave Codes • Denied the right to vote • Denied the right to a trial by jury • Could not testify against whites • Children could not attend public schools • Had to carry passes to prove that they were free • Could not gather without a white person • No groups of more than 3 Negroes could gather

  13. More Slave Codes • State laws to limit movement of slaves and define them as property • Cannot own a gun • Marriages not legally recognized • No alcohol • Passes to leave plantation • Illegal to teach slaves to read or write • Legalized homicide as “punishment”

  14. Additional Slave Codes • Resistance to Master could result in death. This was legal • Lashings for any slave who rose up against a Christian • Status of a Child is determined by the status of their mother • Severe punishment for slaves who leave their master's property or for hiding or resisting capture. • Banishment for any white person married to a negroe • Dismemberment of unruly slaves was made legal. • Slaves could not be taught to read or write

  15. Slave Laws What was the Purpose of Slave Codes? • Slave owners wanted to keep their slaves ignorant of the outside world because learning about life beyond the plantation could lead to more slave revolts and wanting to escape.

  16. Branding

  17. Slaves were branded with the owners Initials • This prevented slaves from escaping or being stolen

  18. Toture options -        whip most common tool -        one flogging -> 15-20 lashes on the back - Because slaves were property, the owners had the right to kill their slaves

  19. Different types of whips • “rawhide” -> cutting skin • leather strap -> stung skin (without cutting) • “slave breakers”

  20. Hurt by a whip

  21. Life with permanent toture • Feathers and shackles • Iron on each leg • Iron around the nack • Locked in plantations jails • Food: bread and water

  22. Slave Collars

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