All their lives unless their masters chose to free them.
They had slaves to work their fields. Because they we're slaves they didn't have to be paid, and worked long long hours. Saving the landowner money and putting more profit to him.
Theoretically an indentured servant can eventually become free after he's worked long enough.
The slaves back then usually worked from dusk 'till dawn, almost 12- 15 hours a day without breaks.
sunrise 2 sunset, u do the math
The Constitution states that a man's property is sacred. And for as long as slaves were classified as property, the Constitution gave slavery full protection.
slaves worked for so long because they had to keep the plantations and people healthy
They had slaves to work their fields. Because they we're slaves they didn't have to be paid, and worked long long hours. Saving the landowner money and putting more profit to him.
The Vikings had slaves. The slaves slept in the owner's house on the floor.
Slaves would work from sunrise to twilight for their entire lives
3 years then forced to sell slaves for living until they died
The Israelites were slaves in Egypt for roughly 400 years .
90
All day
two years.
430 years
It took slaves an average of 15 months to escape if they started at the beginning of the Underground Railroad. The escape route was 234 miles long.
The trip to America was anywhere from 40-100 days. But for the slaves it felt like years.