They viewed their slaves as being nothing but objects, not even accounting for their feelings, using them for hard labor.
Aristotle held the view that some people were inherently slaves, while others were inherently slave owners. Aristotle was a Greek philosopher.
because they were stupid
because they would run away or not do all their work.
The slave owners so mean to slave because of their skin color that's why and they thought they were different. Also beating the slaves showed power and dominance over them. And beating slaves, and pushing them to their maximum efforts proved for them to be cheap and efficient. Another reason why a slave owner would be cruel to a slave would be to take out some anger or for hobby/sport, or for some other emotional to psychological reason.
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The slave owners bought their slaves at auctions.
North Slave owners did pay their slaves, but south slave owners didn't. See the following link.
They viewed their slaves as being nothing but objects, not even accounting for their feelings, using them for hard labor.
Slave owners wanted slaves because they were able to make money or profits by the work performed by the slave.
There were no northern slaves or slave owners. That is why slaves went north when escaping with the Underground Railroad.
Slaves were prevented from learning how to read or write. Slave owners were freed of punishment for beating their slaves. Slave owners were freed of punishment for murder of their slaves.
Slaves were prevented from learning how to read or write. Slave owners were freed of punishment for beating their slaves. Slave owners were freed of punishment for murder of their slaves.
Slaves were prevented from learning how to read or write. Slave owners were freed of punishment for beating their slaves. Slave owners were freed of punishment for murder of their slaves.
Slave owners would punish them by whipping them.
The prejudice of the time created a view that slaves were property. As a result, not only were slaves rarely able to read and write to record birth dates, their owners simply did not regard noting the birth of a slave as anything worth writing down.
In the South, it was estimated that 350,000 slave owners held a significant number of slaves.
The purchased them at slave auctions. Owners that had more slaves than they needed, and those bringing them from Africa would sell them at slave markets.