LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861
SLAVERY IN AMERICA COTTON SLAVE TRADE AND THE SOUTHERN RESPONSE
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It was hereditary
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It was dehumanizing
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It was race-based
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All of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -Serfdom was, after slavery, the most common kind of forced labor; it appeared several centuries after slavery was introduced. Whereas enslaved people have been considered forms of property owned by other people, serfs were bound to the land they occupy from one generation to another.
Detailed explanation-4: -Traditional or Chattel Slavery Such chattel slaves are used for their labor, sex, and breeding, and they are exchanged for camels, trucks, guns and money. Children of chattel slaves remain the property of their master.