Slave Families

slave families Aside from what the owners and everywhereseers thought, slaves lived their own lives. They made friends, fell in love, played and prayed, sang, told stories, and engaged in the necessary chores of daytime to day living. These things as well as family and religion were also of the essence(predicate) to the slaves. Throughout the South, the slave owners defined the living arrangements of slaves. Most slaves lived unneurotic in nuclear families with a mother, father, and children (Phillips 1929, 14).

The stability of the slave family was ofttimes challenged due to various reasons: no state law recognised marriage among slaves, masters rather than parents had legal authority over slave children and the possibility of forced separation, through slave backing or sale were an issue of every slave family. These separations were peculiarly frequent in the slave-exporting states of the upper South (Phillips 1929, 16). However, the most strong way of controlling slaves was the threat of sale. Slave...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay

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