answersLogoWhite

0

They too were slaves.

User Avatar

Wiki User

8y ago

What else can I help you with?

Continue Learning about Law

What is chattel slavery?

Chattel slavery is a form of slavery where individuals are treated as personal property that can be bought, sold, or inherited. It is characterized by the complete ownership of one person by another, without any legal rights or status as a human being. This type of slavery was prevalent in many parts of the world, including the United States, before its abolition.


How old were Victorian slaves?

During the Victorian era (1837-1901) in England, slavery had been abolished. However, in the United States during this time, slaves could range in age from children to older adults, with their exact ages varying depending on when they were born and when slavery was abolished in different regions.


Did ab Lincoln have slaves?

No, Abraham Lincoln did not own any slaves. He was opposed to slavery and played a key role in leading the United States during the Civil War to abolish slavery with the passage of the Emancipation Proclamation.


What law led to more slavery?

The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was a law in the United States that required authorities in free states to aid in the capture and return of escaped slaves. This law intensified the enforcement of slavery, as it gave slave owners more power to retrieve their escaped slaves from free states.


What required all states to return fugitive slaves to their owners?

The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, which was a component of the Compromise of 1850, required all states, including free states, to return fugitive slaves to their owners. This law increased tensions between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups in the United States.

Related Questions

What happened to the people that did not stop the holocaust?

Same as what happened to the slaves who did not stop slavery in the States, only much worse.


In the US how did slaves become slaves?

Like many developing nations who engaged in slavery, US slaves were originally captured in their home countries and brought to America as slaves. Their children would then have been born into slavery. As time passed and some states abolished slavery, there was still a chance that those slaves who had been freed or even born free might have been (illegally) sold back into slavery in states where it was still allowed.


What happened to slavery as states grew cotton?

When states decided to grow more cotton they needed more slaves to harvest it. This meant that the number of slave held captive went up.


What states in the US still have slavery?

Where have you been slavery is illegal unless you talking about sex slaves


What did the Emancipation announce?

All slaves in areas under rebellion (the south) were free of slavery. The slaves in non rebelling states (the north) were still in slavery


Which were the states didn't allow slaves?

The southern states did not agree with slavery so offered runaway slaves homes, food and care.


Where there slaves in 1942?

If you mean African-American slaves in the United States, no, there were no such slaves in 1942. Slavery ended in the 1860s in the US.


What happened to slavery as states grew more cotton?

When states decided to grow more cotton they needed more slaves to harvest it. This meant that the number of slave held captive went up.


Are blacks still in slavery?

Some are still were people are tyrant. And in some places there aren't slaves. About all states have NO .slaves


Where there alot of slaves?

By 1860 there were 6 million in the United States. Slavery still exists and today there are 25 million slaves in the world. Most a women and children sold and forced to work in the sex industry.


What states had slaves?

Most Southern states, such as Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, South Carolina, and Virginia, had slaves before the abolition of slavery in the United States. Some Northern states, like New York and New Jersey, also had slaves, but slavery was not as widespread in the North as it was in the South.


Was slavery more popular in the south or the north?

Slavery during the Civil War in the United States was prominent in the Southern. The Confederate states in the South were in favor of slavery while the Union states in the North were opposed to slavery.