LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861
SLAVERY IN AMERICA COTTON SLAVE TRADE AND THE SOUTHERN RESPONSE
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Enslaved people were considered personal property.
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Enslaved people had no human rights.
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Enslaved people could be bought, sold or inherited.
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Enslaved people inherited the status of their father.
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Detailed explanation-1: -What is not generally a characteristic of chattel slavery, which began to develop in the British colonies in the 1660s? a. Slaves lost many of their legal rights, although they could still be married in the eyes of the law.
Detailed explanation-2: -Chattel slavery is the most common form of slavery known to Americans. This system, which allowed people-considered legal property-to be bought, sold and owned forever, was lawful and supported by the United States and European powers from the 16th – 18th centuries.
Detailed explanation-3: -After enslaved Native American laborers began to die due to exposure to disease, European powers began purchasing enslaved Africans, who became their primary labor source. Britain sent their first slave ships to the British West Indies to work on tobacco plantations and then later sugarcane plantations.
Detailed explanation-4: -Chattel slavery means that one person has total ownership of another. There are two basic forms of chattel, domestic chattel, with menial household duties and productive chattel, working in the fields or mines.