How were slaves treated in plantations by their slaveholders?

Answer 1

It depends on their masters. The majority of slave masters were cruel and harsh. They didn't at all consider how the slaves felt, after all they were slaves. But there was a rare case where the masters were kind. Some would even teach the young slaves how to read and write. It was very rare though.

Answer 2

They were treated very badly the overseers were people in charge of the slaves they were slaves to but treated so much better! The slaves were whipped if they did something wrong by the overseers. But if the overseers didn't whip them they would be whipped them self's. In charge was the plantation owner. Life was so hard for the slaves once a slave started work on a plantation they usually only lived for about seven years because they were worked so hard. If the plantation was run by a church they usually died after three years. Being a slave was a hard, miserable life.

Answer 3

Slavery was a cruel part of Southern plantation life. Slaves had no rights whatsoever. Punishment could be cruel and very physical. However, with that said, a slave owner was at a market disadvantage if his slaves were not healthy enough to work the fields. Therefore punishment was selective and meant to warn other slaves to obey commands.

Answer 4

Anyways they were whipped (there were other weapons too) if they didn' work as much as the owners wanted and they were given very little food for the amount of labor they did.

Answer 5

Slaves were treated at the bottom of the social society. They had no rights and can be beaten to death by their owners.

Answer 6

treatment ran the gamut from very poorly to relatively well. Excluding the fact that they were captives generally against their will.

Answer 7

I would assume it would depend on the Master. I visited an Old Plantation and the slaves lived in little wood shacks, in the one I saw.

Answer 8

Very Badly.