Examples Of Justice In Slavery

Lynching was seen as a common good for the slaves to face if they dare to stir into any trouble in the south. Most of the time slaves was accused multiple times by their masters if a slave is out of conduct. In other words, a slave did not do as they were told; prepare food properly, or worked at faster pace than the rest of the enslaved individuals. Slaves had no opinion but to risk the punishments awaited them. Another example of justice being made is when Campbell wrote about an incident in Smithfield, Tarrant County, an anglo’s slave was furious because the master refused to buy the slave’s wife in Alabama and not bringing her to Texas burned his master; soon the slave was forced to confess his murder and was burned at the same spot where