Question

In what ways were slaves treated like other forms of property, such as animals and tools? In what ways was a slave’s “humanity” taken into account?

Answer 1

During work and outside of it, slaves suffered physical abuse, since the government allowed it. Treatment was usually harsher on large plantations, which were often managed by overseers and owned by absentee slaveholders. Small slaveholders worked together with their slaves and sometimes treated them more humanely.