Slaves were not considered a fully human because they looked different from the whites. Most of the whites were racist against all the blacks, and they thought they were all better than them. A slave belongs to his or her master. They could be sold away from their families at any time. They could be punished for any reason their masters choose. A look, the pointing of a finger, refusal or neglect to step out of the way when a white person is approaching, were some reasons a master might punish their slaves. Slaves had no rights, no control over where they worked or how many hours they could work. They couldn’t legally get marry and couldn’t testify in court against a white person.

The laws considered slaves to be humans, thinking, feeling creatures capable of knowing difference between right and w

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