Life+as+a+Slave

=__//** Life as a slave: The rough times **//__= //__ ** This online museum contains graphic material and may not be suitable for young children. Parental discretion advised. ** __// ** This web **** site was created and ed **** ited by: N **** athan Young, Logan Harris, Nathaniel Stevens, Killion Smith, And Calvin Surrett ** Life as a slave By: Logan Harris ** A typical day as a slave was not a piece of cake. Slaves would wake up each morning to a small breakfast provided by the Slave Owners. This was a big deal during slave times, the slave owners would only give the slaves enough food to survive the day. And this wasn’t even good enough for some slaves, some slaves would die anyway of malnutrition. Slavery was an unfair time. Slaves were beaten for being late and many other reasons, some reasons were just to beat them to get them to work. And another popular way of punishment was body parts being amputated. For example, if a slave was caught eavesdropping, their ear would sometimes be cut off and if a slave hit the slave owner, his hand would be cut off. The slavery era stretched out between 1619 and 1865. The first slave ship arrived in Jamestown. It was a Dutch slave ship. Slavery was not a big deal until the 1800s. Slavery in the south was harsh and people in the north started to rebel and report to the president about the cruelness of slavery. Then the underground railroad was started so that the most daring slaves would try to escape and follow the north star toward the underground railroad stops. Quakers would let the slaves eat and sleep at their house until they moved to the next stop. This controversy was the cause of the Civil War. By 1864 the war was getting very bad and Abraham Lincoln had to do something about it. His reaction was the emancipation proclamation. This ended slavery in 1865. Still after this racism was a big problem but is getting better. **