The Pros And Cons Of Slavery
Slavery dominated the lives of the slaves in terms of health, family, food and shelter and punishment. I do agree that even with those disadvantages they were able to carve spaces for themselves within the institution. Slaves used Religion, education and different jobs like artisan and drivers.
The health of the slave depend on the master. Some masters would take care of their slave since they thought a healthier slave would work harder on the field than a sick slave. While other masters disagree with taking care of their slave, some masters consider their slaves as things. So if one slave gets sick, it’s cheaper to kill it and buy another one. Health was a huge factor to the slaves because if they got sick they couldn’t really preform their …show more content…
The slave’s shelter are usually wooden log cabins which can fit a number of slaves. Some masters feed their slaves while other don’t feed their slaves for days. This may result into a slave stealing food to feed themselves or their families. If caught the slaves will be punish or be flogged to death. Some slaves stole anyway knowing that they will be caught but they are just too hungry to care anymore. Even with these set back the slaves continue to work because they have no choice but to rebel or hope for the future.
Slaves used religion to pray for a better tomorrow. Slaves saw heaven as the end reward after their suffering. Masters Christianize the slaves, they were very picky on who they choose. Master liked to use Moses story as an example that the slaves should follow because Moses lead the slaves out of Egypt. Master wouldn’t allow slaves to pray together alone without a white person supervising the event. The slaves liked to keep their meetings a secret this was called invisible church.
Some slaves had respectable jobs in the community. Artisan were blacksmiths and they were much respected in the slave community. Divers were the middle men between slave and overseer. On huge plantations the diver would report to the overseer if a slave was slacking off or taking a rest. The diver would sometimes let the slaves rest but if the overseer found out the diver would be
The health of the slave depend on the master. Some masters would take care of their slave since they thought a healthier slave would work harder on the field than a sick slave. While other masters disagree with taking care of their slave, some masters consider their slaves as things. So if one slave gets sick, it’s cheaper to kill it and buy another one. Health was a huge factor to the slaves because if they got sick they couldn’t really preform their …show more content…
The slave’s shelter are usually wooden log cabins which can fit a number of slaves. Some masters feed their slaves while other don’t feed their slaves for days. This may result into a slave stealing food to feed themselves or their families. If caught the slaves will be punish or be flogged to death. Some slaves stole anyway knowing that they will be caught but they are just too hungry to care anymore. Even with these set back the slaves continue to work because they have no choice but to rebel or hope for the future.
Slaves used religion to pray for a better tomorrow. Slaves saw heaven as the end reward after their suffering. Masters Christianize the slaves, they were very picky on who they choose. Master liked to use Moses story as an example that the slaves should follow because Moses lead the slaves out of Egypt. Master wouldn’t allow slaves to pray together alone without a white person supervising the event. The slaves liked to keep their meetings a secret this was called invisible church.
Some slaves had respectable jobs in the community. Artisan were blacksmiths and they were much respected in the slave community. Divers were the middle men between slave and overseer. On huge plantations the diver would report to the overseer if a slave was slacking off or taking a rest. The diver would sometimes let the slaves rest but if the overseer found out the diver would be