Slavery in the 19th Century

Chained up and beaten, laboured to work huge hours, fed meager amounts of food, and forced to sleep on the ground. These animal- handle accompaniment conditions were the realities of al about slaves in the federation. These tribe were thought to be lesser hu realitys, and they were treated as such. In his book 12 age a Slave, Northup Northup gives readers a coup doeil into the running(a)s of the slave dodging including the slave exchange, living and working conditions, views of slaves and their owners, and the slaves methods of resistance.\nThe outlawing of the African slave work in 1808 led to the bestride of the national slave-trading network. Slaves became more valuable, and the trade of them became very profitable. Slaves were caged up like animals and paraded in front of potential buyers. Slaves were thoroughly inspected by buyers and were asked what jobs they could do. Solomon express that scars upon a slaves back were considered evidence of a rebellious or boi sterous spirit, and hurt his sale (Northup, 53). The South thrived during this antebellum period. Besides the situation of forcing people to work against their will, the most despicable aspect of the domestic slave trade dodge was the breaking up of families. solo two states, Louisiana and Alabama, had laws against the disengagement of children younger than ten from his or her mother. Close to one billion blacks were traded during the antebellum period, mostly during the 1830s. In his novel, Northup describes how he was tricked and then kidnapped and sell into slavery. Northup was sold to a man named William cover. Northup was actually fond of Ford and stated there was never a more kind, noble, candid, Christian man than William Ford (Northup, 62). Northups regard for his owner did non change the fact that he was stolen away from his family without their knowledge, and he would do anything to get back to them.\nFor the most part, the living and working conditions for slaves w ere fine much the same fr...