In Western societies, slaves were defined as property. But then again the property needs to be defined, as well as the rights that owners can have over slaves.
How are those rights different from those of other free members of society? Such definitions are closely linked with the history of the Atlantic slave trade and the exploitation of slaves in the Americas, where slaves were often regarded as dead in society, with no social status other than their owners. Most lived in large fields or small farms.
The owners of the land wanted to make their slaves fully dependent on them through a system of restricted codes. They were often barred from learning to read and write, and their conduct and movement were banned.
Adjective Words to Describe Slavery
Following are some adjective words to describe the slavery around the world and in America:
abdominal | degrading | industrial | real | universal |
absolute | establishing | Jewish | replete | unparalleled |
actual | eternal | long | republic | virtual |
African | European | military | rigorous and cruel | voluntary |
ancient | existing | modified | roman | white |
aristocratic | Egyptian | moral | rural | wholesale |
bitter | feudal | negro | satisfied | wicked |
British | Greek and roman | object | southern | wooden |
Christian | grievous | old | Spartan | worst |
colonial | headed | perfect | subsequent | wretched |
complete | hideouts | perpetual | successive | twofold |
constitutional | hopeful | personal | sweeter | proper |
continuing | human | practical | terrible | improved |
Cuban | impossible | present | Turkish | degrading |
On September 22, 1862, Lincoln issued the first proclamation of liberation, and on January 1, 1863, he made an official announcement that “slaves in any State, or part of the State designated, rebelled, would exist, continue, and forever free.
Black slaves played a major role, albeit unwillingly and often unpaid, in laying the foundations of the United States economy – especially in the South. Blacks also played a key role in the development of Southern dialect, mythology, music, dance, and food, combining cultural practices in their African and European countries. During the 17th and 18th centuries, African and African slaves (born in the New World) worked mainly in the fields of tobacco, rice, and indigo of the South Sea. Slavery eventually centered on the vast fields of Southern cotton and sugar.