- Mar 2019
- 5
- usa
This is for all periods of history, not just the Old South.
Some slaves purchased their own freedom. So they must have been paid for their work, right? What if the masters were reluctant or unwilling to accept payment and free the slave?
Some slaves could own their own slaves. How did that work. Is there fiction or non-fiction portraying that? What would it have been like for a slave to go to a slave auction to purchase a slave? And again, how did they get the money?
Slaveowners weren't all wealthy plantation owners. I read one example, a master and slave might be working alongside each other at the same factory job. Is there fiction or non-fiction portraying that situation?
Some slaves purchased their own freedom. So they must have been paid for their work, right? What if the masters were reluctant or unwilling to accept payment and free the slave?
Some slaves could own their own slaves. How did that work. Is there fiction or non-fiction portraying that? What would it have been like for a slave to go to a slave auction to purchase a slave? And again, how did they get the money?
Slaveowners weren't all wealthy plantation owners. I read one example, a master and slave might be working alongside each other at the same factory job. Is there fiction or non-fiction portraying that situation?