A baby born to a slave was automatically a slave. They were often sold away from mom as young as 3-4 years old.
The question of slave labor isn America was primarily seen differently by people in he south and north in the 1850s. Most southerners did not give much thought to slavery and accepted it s a way of life. In the north, movements were in place that opposed the extension of slavery.
Missouri Compromise
The compromise of 1850 was meant to end a conflict between slave states of the South and free states of the North in America. This dispute was over the status of territories that were gained during the Mexican-American war.
The acquisition of vast new territories from Mexico. The South wanted to spread slavery into these new territories. But it was getting harder to create new slave-states, and Congress had to make a big gesture of appeasement to the South in the form of the Fugitive Slave Act.
Under the 1850 Compromise, New Mexico and Utah were allowed in as slave-states, in exchange for California as free soil. After that, Kansas and Nebraska were to be admitted on a local vote on slavery ('Popular Sovereignty'). This resulted in bloodshed that foreshadowed the Civil War.
The status of Roman slaves was determined by the slave's education and abilities and also by the status of his master. Education and abilities speak for themselves, but if a master was a person of high status, such as a senator, consul or wealthy merchant, the slave gained status accordingly.
A baby born to a slave was automatically a slave. They were often sold away from mom as young as 3-4 years old.
Slave ownership in territories could be decided by popular sovereignty
The decision of the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case that the Constitution protected a man's property, including slave property.
There were two Missouri compromises. The one in 1820 determined the slave/free status of new states within the territory acquired from France in the Louisiana Purchase. The second one, the Compromise of 1850 did the same thing for the territories acquired from Mexico after the Mexican war.
Dred Scott argued that his time living in free territories should have made him a free man, as these territories prohibited slavery. He claimed that this should have nullified his status as a slave under the Missouri Compromise.
yes, he escaped in the 1850s 20 years before he died
Dred Scott
The Romans did not actually have classes of slaves. A slave was a slave; slavery was a class. However a slave, depending upon his/her education and skills had status. For example a secretary had more status than a litter bearer and a city slave had more status than a rural worker in some cases. Any responsible position held by a slave raised his/her status. The Romans did have names for the jobs that a slave performed, such as "cantrix" for a singer, "agaso" for a groom, but these were job descriptions rather than classes.The Romans did not actually have classes of slaves. A slave was a slave; slavery was a class. However a slave, depending upon his/her education and skills had status. For example a secretary had more status than a litter bearer and a city slave had more status than a rural worker in some cases. Any responsible position held by a slave raised his/her status. The Romans did have names for the jobs that a slave performed, such as "cantrix" for a singer, "agaso" for a groom, but these were job descriptions rather than classes.The Romans did not actually have classes of slaves. A slave was a slave; slavery was a class. However a slave, depending upon his/her education and skills had status. For example a secretary had more status than a litter bearer and a city slave had more status than a rural worker in some cases. Any responsible position held by a slave raised his/her status. The Romans did have names for the jobs that a slave performed, such as "cantrix" for a singer, "agaso" for a groom, but these were job descriptions rather than classes.The Romans did not actually have classes of slaves. A slave was a slave; slavery was a class. However a slave, depending upon his/her education and skills had status. For example a secretary had more status than a litter bearer and a city slave had more status than a rural worker in some cases. Any responsible position held by a slave raised his/her status. The Romans did have names for the jobs that a slave performed, such as "cantrix" for a singer, "agaso" for a groom, but these were job descriptions rather than classes.The Romans did not actually have classes of slaves. A slave was a slave; slavery was a class. However a slave, depending upon his/her education and skills had status. For example a secretary had more status than a litter bearer and a city slave had more status than a rural worker in some cases. Any responsible position held by a slave raised his/her status. The Romans did have names for the jobs that a slave performed, such as "cantrix" for a singer, "agaso" for a groom, but these were job descriptions rather than classes.The Romans did not actually have classes of slaves. A slave was a slave; slavery was a class. However a slave, depending upon his/her education and skills had status. For example a secretary had more status than a litter bearer and a city slave had more status than a rural worker in some cases. Any responsible position held by a slave raised his/her status. The Romans did have names for the jobs that a slave performed, such as "cantrix" for a singer, "agaso" for a groom, but these were job descriptions rather than classes.The Romans did not actually have classes of slaves. A slave was a slave; slavery was a class. However a slave, depending upon his/her education and skills had status. For example a secretary had more status than a litter bearer and a city slave had more status than a rural worker in some cases. Any responsible position held by a slave raised his/her status. The Romans did have names for the jobs that a slave performed, such as "cantrix" for a singer, "agaso" for a groom, but these were job descriptions rather than classes.The Romans did not actually have classes of slaves. A slave was a slave; slavery was a class. However a slave, depending upon his/her education and skills had status. For example a secretary had more status than a litter bearer and a city slave had more status than a rural worker in some cases. Any responsible position held by a slave raised his/her status. The Romans did have names for the jobs that a slave performed, such as "cantrix" for a singer, "agaso" for a groom, but these were job descriptions rather than classes.The Romans did not actually have classes of slaves. A slave was a slave; slavery was a class. However a slave, depending upon his/her education and skills had status. For example a secretary had more status than a litter bearer and a city slave had more status than a rural worker in some cases. Any responsible position held by a slave raised his/her status. The Romans did have names for the jobs that a slave performed, such as "cantrix" for a singer, "agaso" for a groom, but these were job descriptions rather than classes.
The status of the black slave family was not good. These individuals and their family were not treated as equals to the white families that surrounded them.
The Compromise of 1850 was a series of laws passed by the U.S. Congress to address the issue of slavery in newly acquired territories from the Mexican-American War. The compromise included California being admitted as a free state, the Fugitive Slave Act to return escaped slaves to their owners, and popular sovereignty to determine slave or free status in other territories.