USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Both were forced to perform grueling labor, subjected to mental and physical degradation, and denied their most basic rights. Enslaved men and women were beaten mercilessly, separated from loved ones arbitrarily, and, regardless of sex, treated as property in the eyes of the law.

Detailed explanation-2: -The punishments took many forms, including whippings, torture, mutilation, imprisonment, and being sold away from the plantation. Slaves were even sometimes murdered. Some masters were more “benevolent” than others, and punished less often or severely.

Detailed explanation-3: -Slaves had no rights at all, let alone legal status or personality. They couldn’t form relationships or families, and they couldn’t possess property. To all intents and purposes, they were simply the property of a certain owner, just like any other item of property-a building, a chair, or any other piece of property.

Detailed explanation-4: -It included coerced sexual relations between male slaves and women or girls, forced pregnancies of female slaves, and favoring women or young girls who could produce a relatively large number of children.

Detailed explanation-5: -Generally, enslaved people who lived in towns had greater freedom than those who lived on farms. They could become more aware of opportunities for escape, and they could form a more diverse community with other people of African descent who were enslaved or who were free.